Design Manual for Reinforced Concrete Masonry Structures

Author: Wang Muge, Yu Yinquan, Wang Handong
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: This book is written to meet the needs of constructing large-span, open-plan residential buildings, high-rise residential buildings, and other similar structural buildings in China. It provides a comprehensive and systematic approach, offering readers a practical reference tool for systematically mastering the properties of reinforced masonry, and for correctly conducting design, construction, and supervision. The book is divided into six chapters, covering everything from the physical and mechanical properties of reinforced masonry (such as various strength indicators, modulus of elasticity, drying shrinkage rate, expansion coefficient, creep coefficient, etc.) to structural design principles (such as the maximum distance of temperature expansion joints, the layout of control joints, the applicable height and number of stories of buildings). It also includes detailed calculations for structural members (beams, columns, and walls), such as axial compression, eccentric compression, bending, shear calculations, and crack resistance and deformation checks, as well as construction requirements and 81 types of supervision checks. The book comprehensively reflects the characteristics of reinforced masonry structures. In the seismic design of structures, it recommends a simple stiffness calculation method, specifies how to consider the calculation of bending moments, and explains how to implement ductility design principles, strong-column-weak-beam principles, and strong-shear-weak-bending principles. The book also provides worked examples of resistance calculations for various members (beams, columns, walls, retaining walls, etc.), including a complete and practical calculation for a seven-story large-span residential building located in an 8-degree seismic zone. It is suitable for researchers, managers, and professionals in the construction and building materials sectors working on reinforced masonry structures. It can also serve as a training textbook for relevant majors in universities and research and design units.