Formwork for Concrete Structures, 4th Edition

Formwork for Concrete Structures, 4th Edition

Robert L. Peurifoy

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This book is written for architects, engineers, and constructors who are responsible for designing and/or building formwork and temporary structures during the construction process. It is also designed to serve either as a textbook for a course in timber and formwork design or as a reference for systematic self-study of the subject. A new chapter on the design of wood members for formwork and temporary structures has been added to this edition. Numerous example problems have been added throughout the text to illustrate practical applications for calculating loads, stresses, and designing members. New summary tables have been added to assist the reader in understanding the concepts and techniques of designing formwork and temporary structures. This fourth edition has been developed with the latest structural design recommendations by the National Design Specification (NDS 2005), published by the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). In writing this edition, an effort has been made to conform to the intent of this reference document. The material presented is suggested as a guide only, and final responsibility lies with the designer of formwork and temporary structures.

Many patented systems and commercial accessories are available to increase the speed and safety of erecting formwork. Numerous figures and photographs are presented to introduce the reader to the available forming systems for walls, columns, beams, and slabs.

Content :

• Introduction
• Economy of Formwork
• Pressure of Concrete on Formwork
• Properties of Form Material
• Design of Wood Members for Formwork
• Shores and Scaffolding
• Failures of Formwork
• Forms for Footings
• Forms for Walls
• Forms for Columns
• Forms for Beams and Floor Slabs
• Patented Forms for Concrete Floor Systems
• Forms for Concrete Bridge Decks
• Flying Deck Forms

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Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection Book

Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection Book

Charles A. Harper

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While always important, the broad field of fire protection has, in recent years, appropriately received
ever-increasing attention. Higher concentrations of people and buildings, wider use of materials in
processing, more critical and costly equipment and systems, all contribute to the need for greater
understanding and control of fire protection in materials, systems, and fabrication and processing
operations. Fortunately, both academia and business have risen to meet the challenge. Many universities
now have outstanding degree courses in fire protection, and an increasing number of businesses
are including fire protection specialists in their organizations. All of this is becoming increasingly
unified through excellent professional associations.

Since, in one way or another, materials are the source of fire and fire hazards, it is appropriate
that a broad-ranging book be provided for those having interests or needs in the use of materials in
analysis, design, fabrication, and processing. This new Handbook of Building Materials for Fire
Protection is the first major book devoted completely to materials. As such, it will be invaluable to
all of those in this field, and to all others having fire and safety concerns. I feel honored to serve as
Editor for this book, and to have had the opportunity to work with the group of truly outstanding
people who are the chapter authors for the book. A look at the list of contributors on page xi shows
clearly that this is a group of well known and highly respected people in the field of fire protection.
Their contributions to this field are invaluable, and their stature is unequaled. The information, data,
and guidelines provided in their chapters will be a source of great importance to all of the readers of
this sourcebook.

Content :

• Fundamentals of the Fire Hazards of Materials
• Materials Specifications, Standards, and Testing
• Plastics and Rubber
• Flame Retardants for Plastics
• FIBERS AND FABRICS
• Structural Materials
• Wood and Wood Products
• Liquids and Chemicals
• Materials in Military Applications

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Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures By M.L Gambhir

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures By M.L Gambhir

M.L Gambhir

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Designed primarily as a text for the undergraduate students of civil engineering, this compact and well-organized text presents all the basic topics of reinforced concrete design in a comprehensive manner. The text conforms to the limit states design method as given in the latest revision of Indian Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, IS: 456 (2000). This book covers the applications of design concepts and provides a wealth of state-of-the-art information on design aspects of wide variety of reinforced concrete structures. However, the emphasis is on modern design approach. The text attempts to: • Present simple, efficient and systematic procedures for evolving design of concrete structures. • Make available a large amount of field tested practical data in the appendices. • Provide time saving analysis and design aids in the form of tables and charts. • Cover a large number of worked-out practical design examples and problems in each chapter. • Emphasize on development of structural sense needed for proper detailing of steel for integrated action in various parts of the structure. Besides students, practicing engineers and architects would find this text extremely useful.

Content :

• Basic Principles of Reinforced Concrete Design
• Design of Staircases. 
• Design of Slabs
• Flat Slabs
• Yield Line Theory for Slabs. 
• Special Structural Elements.
• Building Frames.
• Design of Foundations.
• Retaining Walls.
• Water Tanks. AppendicesAI: Gravity Loads.

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Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

Civil Engineering Systems Analysis 

Luis Amador Jimenez

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Individuals make hundreds of decisions every day, sometimes consciously but often unconciously. In doing so, we aim to achieve certain goals but, however, face restrictions. By reading this book, you aim to learn, or perhaps simply to obtain a good grade at school, but you are faced with a limited amount of time available to dedicate to it. A few personal decisions are transcendent enough to be organized into a more formal framework. Those consuming significant amounts of their own resources (purchase of a house/car or a major trip overseas) surpass a threshold level that force us to look into alternatives and to choose carefully.
This book deals with the methods and techniques that a civil engineer can use when analysing a system. It provides a means for supporting the decision-making process for the allocation of resources under circumstances with either conflicting goals or limited availability. The book presents two types of chapters; those intended to provide the basic foundations in mathematics, statistics and economics, and those that introduce and develop the application of the methods to real-world scenarios.
Civil Engineering Systems Analysis is a textbook of reference that teaches how to analyse engineering problems; however, its models are limited to the variables and facts incorporated into the analysis. Other variables and facts remaining outside the analysis should be used in a secondary stage to further reduce the set of choices or to choose the most convenient alternative.

Content :

• Introduction to Modelling
• Mathematical Analysis
• Optimization and Decision Making
• Probability and Statistics
• Estimation and Prediction
• Land Use and Transport Models
• Transport and Municipal Engineering
• Civil Infrastructure Management
• Uncertainty

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