Precast Concrete Structures, Second Edition

Content: Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 Preface to the First Edition
 Preface to the Second Edition
 Acknowledgement
 About the Author
 Notation
 1: What is precast concrete
 1.1 Why is precast different?
 1.2 Precast concrete structures
 1.3 Why choose a precast structure?
 References
 2: Materials used in precast structures
 2.1 Concrete
 2.1.1 Concrete for precast production
 2.1.2 Concrete for precast floor elements
 2.1.3 Young\'s modulus and modular ratios
 2.1.4 Shrinkage and creep
 2.1.5 Fire resistance and axis distance to rebars and tendons
 2.1.5.1 Columns. 2.1.5.2 Unbraced columns2.1.5.3 Walls
 2.1.5.4 Beams
 2.1.5.5 Reduced additional axis distance
 2.1.5.6 Floor slabs
 2.2 Mix design
 2.2.1 Exposure, cover and strength
 2.2.2 Mortars and grouts
 2.2.3 Dry pack
 2.2.4 Aggregates
 2.2.5 Substitute materials
 2.2.6 Admixtures
 2.2.7 Water
 2.3 Steel reinforcement
 2.3.1 Rebars
 2.3.2 Mesh
 2.3.3 Stainless steel rebars
 2.3.4 Prestressing tendons
 2.4 Structural steel, welding, inserts and bolts
 2.4.1 Structural steelwork
 2.4.2 Welding
 2.4.3 Cast-in fixings and lifting devices
 2.4.4 Bolting
 2.4.5 Cast-in sockets and anchorage. 2.5 Non-cementitious materialsReferences
 3: Precast frame analysis
 3.1 Types of precast concrete structures
 3.2 Simplified frame analysis
 3.3 Substructuring methods
 3.3.1 Two-dimensional plane frames
 3.3.2 Design loads on beams and frames
 3.3.2.1 Serviceability limit state
 3.3.2.2 Ultimate limit state
 3.3.2.3 Instability limit state
 3.3.2.4 Accidental limit state
 3.3.3 Gravity and horizontal ultimate loads on frames
 3.3.3.1 Permanent, variable and wind actions
 3.3.3.2 Horizontal forces due to imperfections
 3.3.4 Beam subframe
 3.3.5 Upper floor column subframe. 3.3.6 Ground floor column subframe3.4 Connection design
 3.5 Stabilising methods
 3.6 Comparison of standard designs to BS 8110 and Eurocodes
 3.6.1 Reinforced concrete rectangular beam
 3.6.2 Reinforced concrete rectangular column
 3.6.3 Prestressed concrete slab
 3A Appendix A: Summary of Eurocode EC2: Design of concrete structures --
General rules and rules for buildings, BS EN 1992, Part 1-1
 Summary of Eurocode EC2: Design for fire BS EN 1992, Part 1-2
 2B Appendix B: Summary of relevant items in PD 6687-1:2010
 References
 4: Precast concrete floors
 4.1 Precast concrete flooring options. 4.2 Flooring arrangements4.2.1 Definitions of precast floor units and slab fields
 4.2.2 Lateral load distribution in discrete precast floor units
 4.2.3 Discritization of floor slab loads in individual units
 4.3 Structural design of individual units
 4.3.1 Flexural capacity
 4.3.2 Serviceability limit state of flexure
 4.3.3 Serviceability limit state of flexure: Calculation model
 4.3.4 Serviceability limit state of bending
 4.3.5 Ultimate limit state of flexure
 4.3.6 Deflection
 4.3.7 Ultimate shear capacity
 4.3.7.1 Shear capacity in the uncracked region, VRd, c.