PREFACE III CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Reinforced Concrete Structures 1.2 Design of Structures 1.3 A Brief Historical Sketch 1.4 Special Features of this Course CHAPTER 2 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 2.1 Reinforcing Steel 2.2 Concrete 2.3 Concerted Action of Concrete and Steel CHAPTER 3 LIMIT STATE DESIGN 3.1 Limit State of a Structure 3.2 Load Effect and Structural Resistance 3.3 Reliability Analysis 3.4 The Current Chinese Code Practice 3.5 An Example of Design by Reliability Analysis CHAPTER 4 REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS 4.1 Experimental Phenomena of Reinforced Concrete Beams 4.2 Analysis of Stress on Section under Flexure 4.3 Basic Assumptions 4.4 The Equivalent Stress Block 4.5 Balanced Section 4.6 Ultimate Moment of a Rectangular Section with Tension Reinforcement 4.7 Section with Compression Reinforcement 4.8 Tee-Section 4.9 Ductility of Section under Flexure CHAPTER 5 DIAGONAL SECTION STRENGTH UNDER FLEXURE 5.1 Diagonal Cracks and Web Reinforcement 5.2 Members without Web Reinforcement 5.3 Web Reinforcement 5.4 Details of Web Reinforcement 5.5 Design Procedure of Web Reinforcement 5.6 Moment Resistance of the Diagonal Section 5.7 Example 5.8 Bar Schedule 5.9 Shear Stress in Beam of Variable Section CHAPTER 6 GIRDER-BEAM-SLAB SYSTEM 6.1 Reinforced Concrete Girder-Beam-Slab System 6.2 Load Transmission of Girder-Beam-Slab System 6.3 Elastic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Continuous Beams 6.4 Plastic Redistribution of Moment 6.5 Design of One-way Slab 6.6 Design of Beams 6.7 Design of Girders 6.8 Example of One-way Slab Design 6.9 Two-way Slabs CHAPTER 7 COLUMNS CHAPTER 8 TENSION MEMBERS CHAPTER 9 TORSION CHAPTER 10 LIMIT STATE OF SERVICEABILITY CHAPTER 11 CONTINUOUS REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES CHAPTER 12 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE APPENDIX COMPUTER PROGRAMS REFERENCES