Author: George A. HoolPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Reinforced Concrete Construction. Volume III.
Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930
Author: Amy E. SlatonPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801872979
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Examining the proliferation of reinforced-concrete construction in the United States after 1900, historian Amy E. Slaton considers how scientific approaches and occupations displaced traditionally skilled labor. The technology of concrete buildings—little studied by historians of engineering, architecture, or industry—offers a remarkable case study in the modernization of American production. The use of concrete brought to construction the new procedures and priorities of mass production. These included a comprehensive application of science to commercial enterprise and vast redistributions of skills, opportunities, credit, and risk in the workplace. Reinforced concrete also changed the American landscape as building buyers embraced the architectural uniformity and simplicity to which the technology was best suited. Based on a wealth of data that includes university curricula, laboratory and company records, organizational proceedings, blueprints, and promotional materials as well as a rich body of physical evidence such as tools, instruments, building materials, and surviving reinforced-concrete buildings, this book tests the thesis that modern mass production in the United States came about not simply in answer to manufacturers' search for profits, but as a result of a complex of occupational and cultural agendas.
Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 3
Author: George A. HoolPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330116890
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Excerpt from Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 3: Bridges and Culverts, Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin This volume on reinforced concrete construction was originally planned to treat of practically all the various types of rein-forced-concrete structures not receiving consideration in Volumes I and II. The number of requests, however, for a comprehensive text on the analysis and design of arch bridges has made it desirable to devote an entire volume to bridges and culverts alone, and to leave the treatment of the remaining structures to a fourth volume to appear at some future time. The students enrolled in the correspondence-study courses in reinforced concrete in the Extension Division of The University of Wisconsin are, for the greater part, engineers in active practice throughout the country, and most of the requests above mentioned have come directly from these students who all appear to desire a text-book, treating of arch bridges, which will be neither too complex nor too much abbreviated for the average engineer to readily understand the methods set forth, and, on the other hand, will be sufficiently comprehensive to enable the reader to properly analyze and design any form of reinforced-concrete arch. The present volume is an attempt to meet the needs of the students by omitting intricate mathematical analyses involving the calculus; by avoiding mathematical sign language wherever it is found possible; and by including complete methods of design of both symmetrical and unsymmetrical arches, not only of single span, but of multiple spans with elastic piers. Two entirely different methods of arch analysis are presented in order that a check may be had on all arch computations. As in the previous volumes, an effort has been made to gain clearness by careful arrangement of the subject matter and by numerous drawings and photographs. This volume when used for correspondence-study instruction is intended to be supplemented with such material as is suited to the special needs of the individual student. If used in residence classes, the attention of the students should be frequently called to the typical designs of arch bridges in Chapter XIII. Problems to be solved by the student are not included in this text, as in the two volumes preceding. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Reinforced Concrete Construction ...
Author: George A. HoolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concrete
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 3
Author: George A. HoolPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528250825
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Excerpt from Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 3: Bridges and Culverts, Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin A concrete arch as ordinarily constructed - that is, with fixed ends - is statically indeterminate, but it can be analyzed by taking into account the elasticity of the material. The arch ring is nothing more than a curved beam and is so considered. In arches of stone, it is essential (if we disregard, as we should, the adhesion between the mortar and the stone) that the line of pressure for any possible loading should pass within the middle third of each joint of the arch ring, in order to avoid a tendency for any joint to Open. In arches of concrete, however, the structure considered may be made monolithic and thus capable of withstanding tension, which means that the line of pressure may pass outside of the middle third without endangering the structure. As regards a plain-concrete arch, no variation of the line of pressure from the middle third should properly be allowed in practice, due, of course, to the low strength of concrete in tension but, on the other hand, where concrete is reinforced with steel, a considerable variation of this line may be permitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 1
Author: George A. HoolPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330092095
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Excerpt from Reinforced Concrete Construction, Vol. 1: The University of Wisconsin This volume forms the first part of the regular course on Reinforced Concrete Construction offered by the Extension Division of The University of Wisconsin and, in common with a number of the other structural engineering courses offered, presupposes a knowledge of the elements of structures. It has been written primarily to meet the needs of those who desire to take up the study of this subject by correspondence, but the author sees no reason why a text of this nature may not be employed for other purposes. The complete text for the course in Reinforced Concrete Construction is in three volumes: one on the fundamentals, one on the detailed design of retaining walls and buildings, and one on the detailed design of bridges and miscellaneous structures. The present volume on fundamentals omits, for simplicity, the flat-slab type of floor construction-a subject reserved for thorough treatment under the heading of concrete floors in Volume II. The text is intended to be supplemented with such material as is suited to the special needs of the individual student. Information on the subject has been drawn from many sources but it should be stated that the text-books, "Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction" by Turneaure and Maurer and "Concrete Plain and Reinforced" by Taylor and Thompson have been referred to constantly. ' The author wishes to express his indebtedness to Mr. F. C. Thiessen for his excellent work in preparing the illustrations and for his help with the computations. The photographs of the beam and column tests were kindly lent by Mr. M. 0. Withey, Assistant Professor of Mechanics in The University of Wisconsin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Concrete Structures
Author: Mehdi SetarehPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331924115X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
This revised, fully updated second edition covers the analysis, design, and construction of reinforced concrete structures from a real-world perspective. It examines different reinforced concrete elements such as slabs, beams, columns, foundations, basement and retaining walls and pre-stressed concrete incorporating the most up-to-date edition of the American Concrete Institute Code (ACI 318-14) requirements for the design of concrete structures. It includes a chapter on metric system in reinforced concrete design and construction. A new chapter on the design of formworks has been added which is of great value to students in the construction engineering programs along with practicing engineers and architects. This second edition also includes a new appendix with color images illustrating various concrete construction practices, and well-designed buildings. The ACI 318-14 constitutes the most extensive reorganization of the code in the past 40 years. References to the various sections of the ACI 318-14 are provided throughout the book to facilitate its use by students and professionals. Aimed at architecture, building construction, and undergraduate engineering students, the scope of concepts in this volume emphasize simplified and practical methods in the analysis and design of reinforced concrete. This is distinct from advanced, graduate engineering texts, where treatment of the subject centers around the theoretical and mathematical aspects of design. As in the first edition, this book adopts a step-by-step approach to solving analysis and design problems in reinforced concrete. Using a highly graphical and interactive approach in its use of detailed images and self-experimentation exercises, “Concrete Structures, Second Edition,” is tailored to the most practical questions and fundamental concepts of design of structures in reinforced concrete. The text stands as an ideal learning resource for civil engineering, building construction, and architecture students as well as a valuable reference for concrete structural design professionals in practice.
Elementary Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction
Author: Ewart Sigmund AndrewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reinforced concrete
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reinforced Concrete Structures Vol. II
Author: B. C. PunmiaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788131806661
Category : Reinforced concrete construction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Concrete Construction
Author: Akhtar SurahyoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030105105
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book is a thorough and comprehensive update of the 2002 edition, that incorporates detailed references to the Canadian, American, and British (European) standards, contextualized by the author based on over 30 years of construction experience. In addition to updates to the core text, many new topics are presented in the second edition, including a chapter discussing the methods for achieving quality control and ensuring quality assurance in concrete construction. The book consists of two parts. The first part provides basic information about normal concrete, its grades used on sites and various kinds of modified concretes such as fiber- reinforced concrete, sulphur concrete, roller compacted concrete, high performance concrete, ultra- high performance concrete, and flowing concrete. . It further addresses physical properties of concrete and various types of Portland cement, blended cements, admixtures, additives including properties of aggregates and their influence. The second part of the book highlights the principal causes of concrete deterioration along with protective measures, resulting from incorrect selection of constituent materials, poor construction methods, external factors, chemical attack, corrosion problems, hot and cold weather effects, and the various errors in designing and detailing. Featuring an extensive bibliography of the highly adopted standards as well as manuals and journals critical to the construction industry at the end of each chapter, the volume offers readers an advanced understanding of the theory and practical application of concrete technology and international standards in North America and Britain. Addresses concrete technology as well as concrete construction practices, meeting national and international standards; Maximizes readers' understanding of the principal causes of concrete deterioration along with protective measures; Facilitates readers' grasp of different nomenclature used for the same materials in different parts of the world; Features suitable tables, charts, and diagrams that illustrate and organize useful information; Explains sustainable concrete doctrine and how to achieve it meeting green concrete / building requirements; Provides a glossary, conversion factors, and examples of concrete mix design. ·