CONTENTS PREFACE GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLS x CHAPTER 1 COMPOSITION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE 1 1.1. Introduction to Reinforced Concrete 1.2. Portland Cement 1.3. Sulphate-Resisting Portland Cement 1.4. Portland Blastfurnace Cement 1.5. High Alumina Cement 1.6. Aggregates 1.7. Water 1.8. Design of Concrete Mix 1.9. Mixing and Compacting Concrete 1.10. Reinforcement. CHAPTER 2 PROPERTIES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE 36 2.1. Weight 2.2. Permanence 2.3. Fire Resistance 2.4. Impermeability 2.5. Strength with Age and Temperature 2.6. Elasticity 2.7. Creep 2.8. Shrinkage 2.9. Thermal Movements 2.10. Summary of Linear Deformations 2.11. Temperature Stresses. CHAPTER 3 ELEMENTS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN 61 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Elastic Theory: (with factors of safety) 3.3. Plastic Theory: (with load factor) 3.4. Simple Shear 3.5. Torsion 3.6. Bond 3.7. Stiffness of Members. CHAPTER 4 BEAM DESIGN 141 4.1. Non-Continuous Beams 4.2. Continuous Beams 4.3. Beams in Continuous Frames. CHAPTER 5 SLAB DESIGN 165 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Solid Slabs Spanning in One Direction 5.3. Hollow Tile Slabs Spanning in One Direction 5.4. Solid Slabs Spanning in Two Directions at Right Angles 5.6. Flat-Slab Construction 5.6. Lift-Slab Construction 5.7. Stair Slabs. CHAPTER 6 COLUMN DESIGN 191 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Concentrically Loaded Columns 6.3. Eccentrically Loaded Columns 6.4. Columns in Continuous Frames 6.5. Frames Subject to Lateral Forces 6.6. Slender Columns. CHAPTER 7 SPREAD FOUNDATIONS 216 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Rocks 7.3. Soil Types 7.4. Site Investigation and Field Tests on Soils 7.5. Soil Testing in the Laboratory 7.6. Stress Distribution in Soils 7.7. Settlement of Soils 7.8. Ultimate Bearing Capacities of Soils 7.9. Allowable Bearing Pressures on Soils 7.10. Structural Conception of Foundations 7.11. Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations. CHAPTER 8 RETAINING WALLS 274 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Stability of Retaining Walls 8.3. Active Pressure on Back of Wall 8.4. Passive Resistance at Front of Wall 8.5. Water Pressure and Drainage 8.6. Structural Anatomy of Retaining Walls 8.7. Design of Reinforced Concrete Retaining Walls. CHAPTER 9 PILING 302 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Site Investigation 9.3. Friction and End-bearing Piles 9.4. Piles Precast 9.5. Piles Cast in Situ 9.6. Driving of Piles 9.7. Pile-driving Formulae 9.8. Factor of Safety on Piles 9.9. Example of use of Faber Piling Formula 9.10. Pile Caps. CHAPTER 10 BUNKERS AND SILOS 330 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Design of Bunkers 10.3. Design of Circular Silos 10.4. Design of Rectangular Silos 10.5. Shuttering for Silos. CHAPTER 11 SHELL-CONCRETE ROOFS 353 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Cylindrical Barrels 11.3. Hyperbolic Paraboloids 11.4. Domes. CHAPTER 12 TANKS, WATER TOWERS AND RESERVOIRS 375 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Design Considerations 12.3. Basis of Design 12.4. Types of Joints 12.5. Flexible Jointing-materials 12.6. General Considerations 12.7. Practical Examples of Liquid-retaining Structures. CHAPTER 13 TALL INDUSTRIAL CHIMNEYS 405 13.1. Introduction 13.2. Dimensions of Chimneys 13.3. Wind Pressures 13.4. Design Stresses 13.5. Stresses due to Self-weight and Wind Forces 13.6. Stresses due to Temperature 13.7. Design of Chimney 350ft. high 13.8. Foundations for Tall Chimneys 13.9. Construction Details. CHAPTER 14 ROADS AND PAVINGS 32 14.1 Introduction 14.2. Subgrade Soil 14.3. Base 14.4. Rein-forcement 14.5. The Concrete Slab 14.6. Joints in Slab 14.7. Curbs. CHAPTER 15 PRBSTHESSED CONCRETE 461 151 Fundamentals of Prestressed Concrete 15.2. Materials 15.3. Design Stresses 15.4. Prestress Losses 15.5. Post-tensioning Systems 15.6. Theory of Bending 15.7. Resistance to Shear and Torsion 15.8. Stresses at Anchorage 15.9. Applications of Prestressed Concrete.