Preface
The courses "Theory of Reinforced Concrete Structures" [1-1] and "Strength and Constitutive Relation of Concrete" [1-2] were started in early l 980's for the postgraduate students in structural engineering and related fields in Tsinghua University. The lectures, and the syllabus and contents of both courses are varied during the teaching practice. Two courses are composed and named "Principles of Reinforced Concrete" in l 990's. The author gave a lecture on this course for several years and wrote the textbook of same name [1-3], based on the teaching draft.
After the book was published in 1999, it is also adopted as the textbook or main reference for similar courses of both post- and under- graduates of many universities in China. And, it is helpful as well for the university lecturers. In addition, sometimes the book is used by the structural engineers during their scientific or technical work.
In 2001, Education Committee of Beijing decided to establish "the elite textbooks for university education of Beijing', and the textbook was selected after appraisement. The new textbook is renamed as "Principle and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete" [1-4] and published in 2003. The new textbook or the second edition contains most contents of the original one, but some chapters and sections are reformed and two new chapters, i.e. general analysis method of structural member and durability, are added. In addition, the exercises are attached to its text.
This book is the English version of textbook "Principle and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete" (in Chinese), but some contents are modified and slightly abridged to reduce its length. There are four parts including twenty chapters in this book.
Contents
Preface
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
PART 1: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE
CHAPTER 2: Basic Mechanical Behavior
CHAPTER 3: Behavior Under Influence of Main Factors
CHAPTER 4: Various Structural Concrete
CHAPTER 5: Multiaxial Strength and Constitutive Relation
PART 2: COMBINATION FUNCTION OF REINFORCEMENT AND CONCRETE
CHAPTER 6: Mechanical Behavior of Reinforcement
CHAPTER 7: Bond Between Reinforcement and Concrete
CHAPTER 8: Mechanical Behavior Under Axial Force
CHAPTER 9: Confined Concrete
CHAPTER 10: Mechanical Response of Deformation Difference
PART 3: STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION OF STRUCTURAL MEMBER
CHAPTER 11: Strength of Member Under Compression and Bending
CHAPTER 12: Tensile Crack
CHAPTER 13: Flexural Stiffness and Deformation
CHAPTER 14: Strength of Member Under Shear Force
CHAPTER 15: Strength of Member Under Torsion
PART 4: SPECIAL BEHAVIORS OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
CHAPTER 16: Seismic Resistance
CHAPTER 17: Fatigue Resistance 437
CHAPTER 18: Explosion Resistance
CHAPTER 19: Fire Resistance
CHAPTER 20: Durability
