Design of Reinforced Concrete

by Jack C. McCormac, Russell H. Brown

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 1118129849

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Book Description

Put your knowledge of concrete on a solid footing

Join generations of aspiring engineers by turning to this bestselling text for your introduction to the fundamentals of reinforced concrete design. Updated to conform to the 2008 building code of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-08), the Eighth Edition of Design of Reinforced Concrete gives you a thorough grounding in the field and an up-to-date understanding of the most current developments in codes, tools, and design elements.

With an accessible approach and streamlined coverage of theory, this comprehensive overview of reinforced concrete theory and application explains ACI Code requirements and explores the design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns, footings, retaining walls, bearing walls, prestressed concrete sections, and framework.

Augmenting the celebrated content of its predecessors, this Eighth Edition…

• Familiarizes you with to the 2008 building code of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-08) and with revisions made by the American Concrete Institute in Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (318-05) and Commentary (318R-05)
• Arms you with new spreadsheets and other tools to analyze and design reinforced concrete elements more quickly and to compare alternative solutions
• Guides you in new techniques such as seismic and shear wall design
• Leads you through numerous examples so you fully absorb and apply the principles discussed

About the Author

Jack C. McCormac is a retired Clemson civil engineering professor named by the Engineering News Record as one of the top 125 engineers or architects in the world in the last 125 years for his contributions to education. McCormac has authored or co-authored seven engineering textbooks, with more than half a million copies now in print. His current books have been adopted at more than 500 universities throughout the world. McCormac holds a BS in civil engineering from the Citadel, an MS in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Doctor of Letters from Clemson University. Named an Alumni Distinguished Professor, he taught at Clemson for approximately thirty-four years before retiring in 1989. He is included in the International Who's Who in Engineering.

Russell H. Brown chaired the Civil Engineering Department at Clemson University for 17 years and recently retired. He received his BS degree from the University of Houston and his Ph.D. from Rice University. He is former chairman of ASTM Committee C15, former chair of the Flexure and Axial Loads Subcommittee of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee, and Founding Member and Honorary Member of the Masonry Society. He received the John Scalzi Award for his research in structural masonry and twice received ASTM’s Alan Yorkdale Award for his research publications.

Customer Reviews

Author Jack Mccormac has written books on concrete, steel, and structural analysis. His best book is this one on reinforced concrete. It is a basic introductiuon for a first course in concrete design. It is loaded with clear examples, illustrations, and text that explains where he is going. You can't ask for a better book to teach yourself reinforced concrete design. Its a great review book for the PE exam. I highly recommend this book. The format should be copied by others for masonry, timber and steel design books - not too cumbersome but complete.

...but it wasn't the book's fault. Personally, this course was the most difficult undergraduate course I took to get my Civil Engineering degree. I don't know if that was due to the professor, myself, the material, or a combination of all three. However, the book provides plenty of real world examples. I have not used it yet in the 'real world' to test its validity but that is because I work on the construction end rather than the design end.

If this is required for your course, get it.

If you need it to practice for the EIT or PE exams, I would recommend it.

If you want this for a reference book, I think it would be a good addition.

If you do not have any interest in designing reinforced concrete structures, don't get it.

If you are an architect without an engineering background, this is not a good place to start. Here is the order I would recommend.

Structural Analysis

Geotech + Foundations

Concrete + Steel