Modern Prestressed Concrete: Design Principles and Construction Methods - Hardcover

Libby, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442319231 ISBN 13: 9780442319236

Publisher: Springer, 1990

Synopsis

This book was written with a dual purpose, as a reference book for practicing engineers and as a textbook for students of prestressed concrete. It represents the fifth generation of books on this subject written by its author. Significant additions and revisions have been made in this edition. Chapters 2 and 3 contain new material intended to assist the engineer in understanding factors affecting the time-dependent properties of the reinforcement and concrete used in prestressing concrete, as well as to facilitate the evaluation of their effects on prestress loss and deflection. Flexural strength, shear strength, and bond of prestressed concrete members were treated in a single chapter in the of flexural strength has third edition. Now, in the fourth edition, the treatment been expanded, with more emphasis on strain compatibility, and placed in Chapter 5 which is devoted to this subject alone. Chapter 6 of this edition, on flexural-shear strength, torsional strength, and bond of prestressed reinforce­ ment, was expanded to include discussions of Compression Field Theory and torsion that were not treated in the earlier editions. In similar fashion, expanded discussions of loss of prestress, deflection, and partial prestressing now are presented separately, in Chapter 7. Minor additions and revisions have been made to the material contained in the remaining chapters with the exception of xv xvi I PREFACE Chapter 17. This chapter, which is devoted to construction considerations, has important new material on constructibility and tolerances as related to prestressed concrete.

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Synopsis

The revised edition of a standard handbook for structural and civil engineers, first published 20 years ago, incorporates new information in every chapter. It includes specifications of 1989 building codes and regulations, new coverage of the design and analysis of flexural as well as composite and segmented members, and deflection analysis methods

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442319231
• ISBN 13: 9780442319236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 887