Amin Ghali, Renaud Favre, Mamdouh Elbadry ... 672 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 4th edition (November, 2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415585619 - ISBN-13: 978-0415585613 ...
This text presents the most effective analysis for predicting the
true stresses and deflections of concrete structures, accounting for
creep and shrinkage of concrete and relaxation of prestressed
reinforcement. Sustainability has become a major requirement in modern
structures, which need to sustain satisfactory service over a longer
life. It is not rare to specify a life span of 100 years for
infrastructure such as bridges. This complete and wide-ranging study of
stresses and deformations of reinforced and prestressed concrete
structures focuses on design methods for avoiding the deflections and
cracking that diminish serviceability. This fourth edition has a
new emphasis on designing for serviceability. It has been
comprehensively updated. It now includes 65 solved examples and more
than 45 instructive problems with answers given at the end of the book.
An accompanying website contains design calculation programs, which
allow interactive data input. Independent of codes of practice, the book
is universally applicable, and is especially suitable for practising
engineers and graduate students.