Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design: SI Version

The SI version ofReinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design, 4 th Editionis an outstanding textbook for university courses on reinforced concrete design. The book can be used as a textbook in successive courses of varying difficulty. In the teaching of reinforced concrete design, different parts of the subject require different tiers of education and experience. The flexural strength of beams is presented in Sections 4-2, 4-3, and 5-2. Because these sections are among the first to be taught, they are presented at a beginner's level. The closely related Sections 11-3 and 11-4 present the essential theory of concrete columns at a somewhat higher level, but still at a level suitable for a first course on reinforced concrete design. Still more advanced subjects are presented at levels suitable for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students. These topics include, for example, unsymmetrical beams and columns, strain-compatibility solutions of beams, analyses of frames, regions adjacent to discontinuities such as concentrated loads or abrupt changes in section, deep beams, columnbeam joints, and shear walls. These second- (or third-) tier subjects make this book a valuable text for graduate courses and a first rate reference volume in design offices.MacGregor, James G. is the author of 'Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design: SI Version', published 2005 under ISBN 9780131976429 and ISBN 0131976427.