Ebook: Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames: Mechanics and ULS Design

Cover; Contents; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Chapter 1: Advanced Design at Ultimate Limit State (ULS); 1.1. Design at ULS -- simplified analysis; 1.2. ULS -- extended analysis; 1.3. ULS -- interaction diagram; Chapter 2: Slender Compression Members -- Mechanics and Design; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Analysis methods; 2.3. Member and system instability; 2.4. First- and second-order load effects; 2.5. Maximum moment formation; 2.6. Local and global slenderness limits; 2.7. Effect of creep deformations; 2.8. Geometric imperfections; 2.9. Elastic analysis methods.;This book is focused on the theoretical and practical design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and frame structures. It is based on an analytical approach of designing normal reinforced concrete structural elements that are compatible with most international design rules, including for instance the European design rules - Eurocode 2 - for reinforced concrete structures. The book tries to distinguish between what belongs to the structural design philosophy of such structural elements (related to strength of materials arguments) and what belongs to the design rule aspects associated with.