Design of Reinforced Concrete Seventh Edition

Abstract

AUDIENCE This textbook presents an introduction to reinforced concrete design. We authors hope the material is written in such a manner as to interest students in the subject and to encourage them to continue its study in the years to come. The text was prepared with an introductory three-credit course in mind, but sufficient material is included for an additional threecredit course. NEW TO THIS EDITION Updated Code With this the seventh edition of this text the contents have been updated to conform to the 2005 building code of the American Concrete Institute CACI 318-05). This edition of the code includes numerous changes in notations and section numbers. In addition a slight change in the expressions for strength reduction or ef> factors for flexural members whose tensile steel strains fall in the transition range between tension-controlled and compression-controlled sections was made. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RESOURCES The website for the book is located at www.wiley.com/college/mccormac and contains the following resources. For Instructors Solutions Manual. A password-protected Solutions Manual is available for download, which contains complete solutions for all homework problems in the text. Figures in PPT format. Also available are the figures from the text in PowerPoint for