Precast concrete structures / Kim S. Elliott.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgement; About the Author; Notation; 1: What is precast concrete; 1.1 Why is precast different?; 1.2 Precast concrete structures; 1.3 Why choose a precast structure?; References; 2: Materials used in precast structures; 2.1 Concrete; 2.1.1 Concrete for precast production; 2.1.2 Concrete for precast floor elements; 2.1.3 Young's modulus and modular ratios; 2.1.4 Shrinkage and creep; 2.1.5 Fire resistance and axis distance to rebars and tendons; 2.1.5.1 Columns. 2.1.5.2 Unbraced columns2.1.5.3 Walls; 2.1.5.4 Beams; 2.1.5.5 Reduced additional axis distance; 2.1.5.6 Floor slabs; 2.2 Mix design; 2.2.1 Exposure, cover and strength; 2.2.2 Mortars and grouts; 2.2.3 Dry pack; 2.2.4 Aggregates; 2.2.5 Substitute materials; 2.2.6 Admixtures; 2.2.7 Water; 2.3 Steel reinforcement; 2.3.1 Rebars; 2.3.2 Mesh; 2.3.3 Stainless steel rebars; 2.3.4 Prestressing tendons; 2.4 Structural steel, welding, inserts and bolts; 2.4.1 Structural steelwork; 2.4.2 Welding; 2.4.3 Cast-in fixings and lifting devices; 2.4.4 Bolting; 2.4.5 Cast-in sockets and anchorage. 2.5 Non-cementitious materialsReferences; 3: Precast frame analysis; 3.1 Types of precast concrete structures; 3.2 Simplified frame analysis; 3.3 Substructuring methods; 3.3.1 Two-dimensional plane frames; 3.3.2 Design loads on beams and frames; 3.3.2.1 Serviceability limit state; 3.3.2.2 Ultimate limit state; 3.3.2.3 Instability limit state; 3.3.2.4 Accidental limit state; 3.3.3 Gravity and horizontal ultimate loads on frames; 3.3.3.1 Permanent, variable and wind actions; 3.3.3.2 Horizontal forces due to imperfections; 3.3.4 Beam subframe; 3.3.5 Upper floor column subframe. 3.3.6 Ground floor column subframe3.4 Connection design; 3.5 Stabilising methods; 3.6 Comparison of standard designs to BS 8110 and Eurocodes; 3.6.1 Reinforced concrete rectangular beam; 3.6.2 Reinforced concrete rectangular column; 3.6.3 Prestressed concrete slab; 3A Appendix A: Summary of Eurocode EC2: Design of concrete structures General rules and rules for buildings, BS EN 1992, Part 1-1; Summary of Eurocode EC2: Design for fire BS EN 1992, Part 1-2; 2B Appendix B: Summary of relevant items in PD 6687-1:2010; References; 4: Precast concrete floors; 4.1 Precast concrete flooring options. 4.2 Flooring arrangements4.2.1 Definitions of precast floor units and slab fields; 4.2.2 Lateral load distribution in discrete precast floor units; 4.2.3 Discritization of floor slab loads in individual units; 4.3 Structural design of individual units; 4.3.1 Flexural capacity; 4.3.2 Serviceability limit state of flexure; 4.3.3 Serviceability limit state of flexure: Calculation model; 4.3.4 Serviceability limit state of bending; 4.3.5 Ultimate limit state of flexure; 4.3.6 Deflection; 4.3.7 Ultimate shear capacity; 4.3.7.1 Shear capacity in the uncracked region, VRd, c.

This highly illustrated second edition introduces conceptual design for prefabricated concrete structures and the design, manufacture, and construction of precast concrete multi-storey buildings, with worked examples. It gives full specifications to Eurocodes, with guidance on best practice.