Designing with concrete

[ginsoakedboy]

I come from a mechanical engineering background and don't know anyone to ask this question.

Please point me to industry codes, books and/or guidelines relating to best practises involved in performing structural/mechanical design with *unreinforced* concrete.

 

[Ussuri]

Which country?

 

[ginsoakedboy]

Texass, USA!

 

[JedClampett]

ACI 318-05 has a chapter, 22, on plain structural concrete. In addition, 2006 IBC Section 1909, has some limitations on its use.

 

[ginsoakedboy]

Please note that I am more interested in design guidelines etc. rather than the industry codes (unless the codes define the guidelines).

I do not intend to perform any civil engineering designing where regulatory codes may have to be invoked.

 

[Ron]

What are you designing? Slab on grade? Pavement? Sidewalks?
Pretty limited outside those and it makes a difference as to which of those you want as to the approach to take.

 

[msquared48]

Texass, huh? OOOKKKKKK...

I, too, would have to ask the application here, as except as Ron stipulates, concrete is usually reinforced.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

[InDepth]

Try the ACI manual of Concrete Practice and PCA guide to mix design.

 

[ginsoakedboy]

Thanks to all the contributors so far.
The application is a tank or pressure vessel.

 

[hokie66]

For pressure vessels, forget unreinforced concrete. Concrete is good in compression, not in tension.