Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames

The authors have written two books on the theoretical and practical

design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and frame structures. The

book entitled Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames –

Mechanics and Design deals with the fundamental aspects of the mechanics

and design of reinforced concrete in general, related to both the

Serviceability Limit State (SLS) and the Ultimate Limit State (ULS).



Preface

This book, entitled Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames – Section

and Slender Member Analysis, deals with more advanced ULS aspects, along

with instability and second-order analysis aspects. The two books are

complementary, and, indeed, could have been presented together in one

book. However, for practical reasons, it has proved more convenient to

present the material in two separate books with the same preface in both books.

The books are based on an analytical approach for designing usual

reinforced concrete structural elements, compatible with most international

design rules, including for instance the European design rules Eurocode 2

for reinforced concrete structures. The presentations have tried to distinguish

between what belongs to the philosophy of structural design of such

structural elements (related to strength of materials arguments) and the

design rules aspects associated with specific characteristic data (for the

material or the loading parameters). The Eurocode 2 design rules are used in

most of the examples of applications in the books. Even so, older

international rules, as well as national rules such as the old French rules

BAEL (“Béton Armé aux Etats Limites”, or Reinforced Concrete Limit State

in English) will sometimes be mentioned, at least for historical reasons.


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