Short description
Provides an introduction to the principles and methods used in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. This book contains examples to illustrate the various aspects of design involved. It is useful students and practitioners and offers a guide to the basic theory and to design procedures.
Long description
Reinforced Concrete Design provides a straightforward and practical introduction to the principles and methods used in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Fully revised and updated to conform to the final version of the new Eurocode 2, students and practitioners alike will find it a concise guide both to the basic theory and to design procedures. Appropriate design charts, tables and formulae are included as design aids and, for ease of reference, an appendix contains a summary of important design information. Features of the sixth edition of this best-selling text: / Completely revised in line with the new and final Eurocode 2 / Numerous examples of the theory in practice / Important equations highlighted in the text / New section on seismic design All the authors are chartered engineers, each with more than twenty years of teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Bill Mosley, now retired, was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Civil and Structural Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. John Bungey is Head of the Structures Group and Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK. Ray Hulse was until recently Associate Dean of the School of the Built Environment at Coventry University.