UNIT ONE 1
Text The Preface of 《Desdign of Concrete Structure》 1
Reading Material A Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Prestressed Concrete (1) 6
Reading Material B Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Prestressed Concrete (2) 8
UNIT TWO 10
Text Design Codes and Specifications and Safety Provisions of the ACI Code 10
Reading Material A Safety Provisions of the ACI Code 15
Reading Material B Dimensions and Tolerances 17
UNIT THREE 19
Text Serviceability 19
Reading Material A The Gergely-Lutz Equation for Crack width 24
Reading Material B Creep Effect on Deflections under Sustained Load 26
UNIT FOUR 28
Text Behavior of Reinforced Concrete in Bending 28
Reading Material A Reinforced Concrete Beam Behavior (1) 34
Reading Material B Reinforced Concrete Beam Behavior (2) 35
UNIT FIVE 37
Text Fundamentals of Flexural Analysis and Design of Beams 37
Reading Material A Reinforced Concrete Members Subject to Axial Loads (1) 42
Reading Material B Reinforced Concrete Members Subiect to Axial Loads (2) 43
UNIT SIX 45
Text Longtime Deflections 45
Reading Material A Deflections at Service Loads 51
Reading Material B Strength and Deformation of Concrete in Compression 53
UNIT SEVEN 58
Text Shear and Diagonal Tension 58
Reading Material A Design for Shear and Diagonal Tension (1) 63
Reading Material B Design for Shear and Diagonal Tension (2) 64
UNIT EIGHT 67
Text Two-Way Column--Supported Slabs 67
Reading Material A Two-Way Edge Supported Slabs (1) 74
Reading Material B Two-Way Edge Supported Slabs (2) 76
Text Torsion in Reinforced Concrete Members 78
UNIT NINE 78
Reading Material A Tension Strength 84
Reading Material B Torsion and Torsion Plus Shear 85
UNIT TEN 89
Text Strength under Combined Stress 89
Reading Material A Strength under Combined Stress continued 95
Reading Material B Reinforced-concrete Beams without Shear Reinforcement 98
UNIT ELEVEN 99
Text Yield Line Theory of Slabs 99
Reading Material A Fundamental Assumptions 105
Reading Material B Methods of Analysis 107
UNIT TWELVE 109
Text Prestressed Concrete 109
Reading Material A Sources of Prestress Force 114
Reading Material B Prestressing Steels 116
Text Fundamentals of Composite Action and Shear Connection 119
UNIT THIRTEEN 119
Reading Material A Other Types of Composite Construction (1) 124
Reading Material B Other Types of Composite Construction (2) 126
UNIT FOURTEEN 130
Text Bond and Anchorage 130
Reading Material A The Nature of Bond Resistance 135
Reading Material B The Position of Bars with Respect to the Placing of the Surrounding Concrete 138
Text Limit State Design of Brickwork 140
UNIT FIFTEEN 140
Reading Material A Methods of Construction 146
Reading Material B The Strength of Materials 148
UNIT SIXTEEN 150
Text Soil Mechanics 150
Reading Material A Footings (1) 155
Reading Material B Footings (2) 157
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 160
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference 164
Appendix Ⅲ Key to the Exercises 186