REINFORCED CONCRETE

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DESIGN

W. H. Mosley
and
J. H. Bungey
Department of Civil Engineering
Universityof Liverpool
THIRD EDITION

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Preface to Third Edition

First published 1976

Reprinted 1977, 1978. 1980, 1981 (twice)
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Mosley, W. H.
Reinforced concrete design. -3rd ed.
1. Reinforced concrete construction
II. Bungey. J. H.
I. Title
624.1'8341
TA683.2
ISBN 0-333-45182-1
ISBN 0-333-45183-X Pbk

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Notation

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1 Properties of Reinforced Concrete

1.1 Composite Action
1.2 Stress -Strain Relations
1.3 Shrinkage and Thermal Movement
1.4 Creep
1.5 Durability
1.6 Specification of Materials

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2 Limit State Design

2.1 Limit States
2.2 Characteristic Material Strengths and Characteristic Loads
2.3 Partial Factors of Safety
2.4 Global Factor of Safety

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3 Analysis of the Structure

3.1 Loads
3.2 Load Combinations
3.3 Analysis of Beams and Frames
3.4 Redistribution of Moments

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4 Analysis of the Section

4.1 Stress -Strain Relations
4.2 The Distribution of Strains and Stresses across a Section
4.3 Bending and the Equivalent Rectangular Stress Block
4.4 Singly Reinforced Rectangular Section in Bending
4.5 Rectangular Section with Compression Reinforcement at the
Ultimate Limit State
4.6 Flanged Section in Bending at the Ultimate Limit State
. 4.7 Moment Redistribution and the Design Equations

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