Bearing Walls
Reinforced concrete bearing walls may be designed as eccentrically loaded columns or by an empirical method given in the ACI 318 […]
Building Design and Construction
Sociological changes, new technology in industry and commerce, new building codes, other new laws and regulations, inflationary economies of nations, and advances in building technology place an ever-increasing burden on building designers
and constructors. They need more and more knowledge and skill to cope with the demands placed on them.
The public continually demands more complex buildings than in the past. They must serve more purposes, last longer, and require less maintenance and repair. As in the past, they must look attractive. Yet, both building construction and operating
costs must be kept within acceptable limits or new construction will cease.
To meet this challenge successfully, continual improvements in building design and construction must be made. Building designers and constructors should be alert to these advances and learn how to apply them skillfully.
One advance of note to building design is the adaptation of operations research, or systems design, developed around the middle of the twentieth century and originally
applied with noteworthy results to design of machines and electronic equipment.
In the past, design of a new building was mainly an imitation of the design of an existing building. Innovations were often developed fortuitously and by intuition and were rare occurrences. In contrast, systems design encourages innovation.
It is a precise procedure that guides creativity toward the best decisions. As a result, it can play a significant role in meeting the challenges posed by increasing building complexity and costs. The basic principles of systems design are presented
in this section.
Bearing
For bearing on finished surfaces, such as milled ends and ends of fitted bearing stiffeners, or on the projected area of
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
Beams and Other Flexural Members
The capacity of members subject to bending depends on the cross-section geometry, AISC ASD and LRFD procedures incorporate the concept of
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
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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Automatic Sprinklers
In the past fifteen years the variety of sprinklers available has grown tremendously. Years ago an engineer would simply specify