Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures
The main objective of this note is to provide students with a rational basis of the design of reinforced concrete members and structures through advanced understanding of material and structural behavior. Topics covered includes: Strength and Deformation of Concrete under Various States of Stress, Failure Criteria, Concrete Plasticity, Fracture Mechanics Concepts, Fundamental Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structural Systems and their Members, Basis for Design and Code Constraints, High-performance Concrete Materials and their use in Innovative Design Solutions, Slabs: Yield Line Theory, Behavior Models and Nonlinear Analysis, and Complex Systems: Bridge Structures, Concrete Shells, and Containments.
Author(s): Prof. Oral Buyukozturk
NA Pages 
Detailing of Reinforcement in Concrete Structures
This note explains Guiding principles, Sources of tension, Detailing of beams, Flexural cracking, Restrained shrinkage cracking in slabs, Detailing of columns, Detailing of beam column connections, Detailing of corbels, Design of corbels, Control joints, Typical control joint locations, Alternative shrinkage strip details, Expansion joint details, Alternative structural hinge joints at base of a column.
Author(s): R I Gilbert
82 Pages
Design of Concrete Structure by G.C. Behera
This note describes the following topics: Properties of concrete and reinforcing steel, philosophy, concept and methods of reinforced concrete design, introduction to limit state method, limit state of collapse and limit state of serviceability, application of limit state method to rectangular beams for flexure, shear, bond and torsion, Design of doubly reinforced beams, design of T and L beams, design of one way and two way slabs, design of staircases, Design of short and long columns with axial and eccentric loadings, Design of isolated and combined column footings, Retaining walls, various forces acting on retaining wall, stability requirement, design of cantilever and counterfort retaining walls, Design of water tanks, design requirements, design of tanks on ground, underground and elevated water tanks.
Author(s): G.C. Behera
224 Pages
