Applicable Reinforced Concrete Design Standards
Applicable Reinforced Concrete Design Standards
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My primary area of practice is water & wastewater distribution, treatment, collection, etc.
Within in this field, there is quite a bit of reinforced concrete design & construction: Typically building foundations concrete slabs, and concrete tanks. I don't know that I want to make a career change, but I would like to have a better understanding as to what exactly the structural subs are doing and using as their design guides and such.
It appears to me that reinforced concrete is designed in accordance with the ACI manual of practice, and at times the IBC is used in determining various loads typically associated with building structures? Are there any other applicable standards that you structural guys would use in doing the type of work I've mentioned?
Thanks,
Mike






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Basically higher crack control - not based on ASD - still factored loads.
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However, I think the point was still valid.
I would also recommend the reinforced concrete book by Macgregor (any edition for your purposes) as it does a good job of summarizing all the practical design of reinforced concrete and is a well written book.
Let me also commend you on looking deeper for more information. I used to work with several guys who were primarly water/wastewater who often professed a deep understanding of concrete based on their experience but would never even know what ACI stood for let alone anything that it contains! I think it's great you are driving beyond your typical base of knowledge to learn something more.
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Mike McCann
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M.S. Structural Engineering
Licensed Structural Engineer and Licensed Professional Engineer (Illinois)
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