Behavior and Design of Anchor Bolts Loaded in Tension
Anchor bolts loaded in tension can fail by breakout of a roughly conical body of masonry, or by yield and […]
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Behavior and Design of Anchor Bolts Loaded in Shear
Anchor bolts loaded in shear, and located without a nearby free edge in the direction of load, can fail by
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Beams Splices
These are required in rigid frames, suspended-span construction, and continuous beams. Such splices are usually located at points of counterflexure or
Basic Assumptions for Strength Design of Columns
At maximum capacity, the load on the longitudinal reinforcement of a concentrically loaded concrete column can be taken as the steel
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Basic Principles of Prestressed Concrete
In the application of prestress, the usual procedure is to tension high-strength-steel elements, called tendons, and anchor them to the concrete,
Basic Characteristics of Wood
Wood differs in several significant ways from other building materials. Its cellular structure is responsible, to a considerable degree, for these
Basics of Successful Management
As outlined in this section, construction project management that will result in a profitable on-time job involves the organization and interplay
Basic superposition
Today there exist three approaches to SSI problems, namely direct, impedance, and combined ones. To understand them all, let us start