Overview
- Describes a method suitable not only for designing new earthquake-resistant RC structures but also for the structural assessment and redesign/upgrading of existing RC structures
- Clearly explains the concepts underlying the method and its application to all common structural elements
- Presents evidence of the validity of the method plus design examples and comparisons with current code specifications
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Engineering Materials (ENG.MAT.)
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About this book
In this book, the concepts underlying the method are first presented for the case of simply supported RC beams. The application of the method is progressively extended so as to cover all common structural elements. For each structural element considered, evidence of the validity of the proposed method is presented together with design examples and comparisons with current code specifications. The method has been found to produce design solutions which satisfy the seismic performance requirements of current codes in all cases investigated to date, including structural members such as beams, columns, and walls, beam-to-beam or column-to-column connections, and beam-to-column joints.
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Book Title: Compressive Force-Path Method
Book Subtitle: Unified Ultimate Limit-State Design of Concrete Structures
Authors: Michael D Kotsovos
Series Title: Engineering Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00488-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00487-7Published: 17 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34542-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00488-4Published: 04 October 2013
Series ISSN: 1612-1317
Series E-ISSN: 1868-1212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 221
Number of Illustrations: 191 b/w illustrations
Topics: Building Materials, Structural Materials, Building Construction and Design