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Looking for a good text on R/C

Looking for a good text on R/C

Looking for a good text on R/C

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Any suggestions for a good text book on reinforced concrete analysis/design? Ideally I'm looking for a thorough book that covers introductory as well as advanced topics.

Currently I have a text by Nawy, "Reinforced Concrete A Fundamental Approach" but I've found it to be lacking.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

James Macgregor

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

I second that.  We used MacGregor/Wight, 4th edition for my graduate concrete class.  It is a very good text.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

Third that......very good textbook. Has pointers on why certain things are the way they are in the ACI code.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

Fourth..  pretty much the standard in academia and in practice.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

(OP)
looking on amazon's website it says the 5th edition is due out in june '08, any confirmation on that?

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

Try Design of Concrete Structure by 'Arthur H. Nilson'.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

for design examples and some theory, nothing beats PCA Notes on ACI 318.  It has design examples for everything in ACI 318 which textbooks do not and cannot cover.

I've found Nawy to be a very good book. What are you looking for?  If you have Nawy already, just buy PCA Notes if you are looking for design examples. I wouldn't waste any more money on textbooks. Nawy covers the theory well enough and PCA Notes will provide all the examples you need. Plus it is cheaper than text books.

RE: Looking for a good text on R/C

Another good one R/C text book is

" Reinforced Concrete Design " by Wang and Salmon.

Charles Salmon is the same author who wrote the well regarded structural steel textbook with John Johnson. His conrete text is equally well written IMHO.  

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