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One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

(OP)
Hi There,

I wanted to know if anyone knows of a good Reinforced Concrete Design Book, a book that follows the Canadian Code and uses the metric system.

I recently graduated from FSU - but just moved to Canada.
I use as a reference the book I used in college "Design of Reinforced Concrete ACI 318-08 Code Edition" by "Jack C. McCormac and Russell H. Brown"... However this book uses English Units and follows ACI-08...

Or if someone has/knows of a One-Way Slab design example (PDF or URL) - Metric units, and hopefully one that follows the Canadian Code - it would be great.

Thank you.

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

Well concrete design is governed by the concrete design handbook that is published by the cement association of Canada. it has everything you would need. I have some killer notes from one of my profs from college on pretty much all basic concrete design if you're interested. I can put them in a public dropbox if you want.

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

Jayrod is correct... Do not buy the A23.3 code, but the Reinforced Concrete Handbook (maroon/dark red hard cover); It will have everything you need!

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

(OP)
Jayrod12,

Thanks, this helps a lot!
Quick question,
Do you happen to have the tables that allows the user to obtain "min. ration of steel" due to "Mu/(phi * b * d^2) - for different Fy and Fc'
I've attached a picture (see link below) of a table that uses Fy=420 MPa and Fc'=28 MPa... But it would be great if I had other tables with different Fy and Fc'

http://imgur.com/83bW5cy

CELinOttawa,
The book that you are referring to, do you happen to have the ISBN or a picture so I can google it and purchase it??

Thanks!

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

there are tables in the book we have referred to that you can use kr=Mf/bd^2 which will give your minimum ratio.

The book ISBN number is 1-896553-20-6

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

jayrod:
It's not updated... so he can check the methodology for himself...

Dik

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

(OP)
Dik and Jayrod,

Thank you guys very much!
I will definitely buy the book and review the spreadsheet.

Have a good weekend

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

jayrod... I had some data in the original spreadsheet posting and asked that the posting be removed... they took out your comment also; your comment was not off the mark... just collateral damage. I think we answered Miguel's question well...

Dik

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

The two best Canadian books that come to mind would be:

1) MacGregor's Canadian version concrete text which is a little out of date now.
2) The text by Kirk & Pillai

I find that the Canadian texts are much weaker than those published in the US. It makes sense. The US publishes 10x more material than Canada does. The odds that the best textbooks will be Canadian are pretty low. I just accept that I'll have to translate the code stuff.

In my opinion, hands down the best textbook for "how you actually do it in the office" concrete design is this one: Link. The newest version is expensive but you can pick up older ones on ebay for $5. Since the code's all wrong anyhow, the version hardly matters.

The greatest trick that bond stress ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

Has anyone used "Reinforced Concrete Design: A Practical Approach"?

http://www.amazon.ca/Reinforced-Concrete-Design-Pr...

I've heard some critiques that MacGragor was a little theory heavy and lacking on the practical side, and was looking at this one to supplement. Not to mention that MacGregor is out of date and the book binding is falling apart.

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

To dik - I notice that your spreadsheet has phi for concrete as 0.60. Actually in the Canadian Code (CSA A23.3) it is 0.65 and has been for quite some time. This generally won't make a huge difference for slabs, but just thought that I would point it out. I hope you don't mind.

RE: One Way Concrete Slab - Metric (Canada)

DamsInc,

That was recommended to our class as supplementary reading however the few times I looked at it I wasn't impressed. I kicked the crap out of that course using only the design handbook and some awesome notes from a former prof.

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