Structural detailing in concrete A comparative study of British European and American codes and practices M.Bangash 2003





Preface

A number of books on various aspects of concrete design and detailing have

been published but this is believed to be the first comprehensive detailing

manual. The aim of this book is to cover a wide range of topics, so simplifying

and reducing the work required to prepare structural drawings and details in

reinforced, prestressed, precast and composite concrete.

The book initially provides a list of extracts from relevant codes and current

practices. Where drawings are carried out using imperial units, a conversion

table is provided to change them into SI units.

The book is divided into eight sections: Section I deals with the general

requirements for structural detailing in concrete, basic drafting criteria and the

properties of materials. Section II is devoted entirely to the structural detailing

of beams and slabs. Section III covers reinforced concrete detailing of stairs

and staircases. A comprehensive description is given of the detailing of

reinforced concrete columns, frames and walls in Section IV. The reader is

also referred for more information to the later section on integrated

structures.



Section V covers prestressed concrete systems with some basic structural

detailing of beams and anchorages. Again the reader is referred to other

sections, in particular Section VIII regarding the use of prestressed tendon

elements in integrated structures. Section VI presents structural detailing in

composite construction, precast concrete elements, joints and connections.

Section VII includes basic structural detailing of reinforced concrete

foundations and earth-retaining structures. An effort is made to include a

number of foundation drawings so that the reader can appreciate the quality

and design required for a specific job.

Students of civil and structural engineering who have worked through to

this part of the book will have acquired the background necessary to draw the

majority of reinforced, prestressed, precast and composite concrete structures

commonly encountered in professional practice. To assist the reader in his/her

completion of drawings, an unusually large number of drawings have been

incorporated into the text since they are generally the principal communication

between the structural engineer/designer, architect, builder and client.


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