Features:

• Outlines code requirements and sound engineering practices
• Presents explanations and applications of working stress design and strength design procedures
• Contains design aids and diagrams
• Includes 70 step-by-step examples
• Provides information and design tables based on the ACI 530/ASCE 5/TMS 402 Masonry Code and Specifications
• Translates the complex nature of code language into easy-to-understand, useful information

Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook provides the coefficients, tables, charts, and design data required for the design of reinforced masonry structures. This Fifth Edition improves and expands upon previous editions, complying with the current Uniform Building Code and paralleling the growth of reinforced masonry engineering.

Coverage includes:

• Materials
• Strength of masonry assemblies
• Loads
• Lateral forces
• Reinforcing steel
• Movement joints
• Waterproofing masonry structures and products
• Formulas for reinforced masonry design
• Retaining walls
• And much more!

This comprehensive, useful book serves as an exceptional resource for designers, contractors, builders, and civil engineers involved in reinforced masonry - eliminating repetitious and routine calculations as well as reducing the time for masonry design.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Materials
3. Strength of Masonry Assemblies
4. Loads
5. Distribution and Analysis for Lateral Forces
6. Design of Structural Members - Working Stress Design
7. Design of Structural Members - Strength Design
8. Details of Reinforcing Steel
9. Building Details
10. Special Topics
11. Formulas for Reinforced Masonry Design
12. Design of One-Story Industrial Building
13. Design of Seven-Story Masonry Load Bearing Apartment Building
14. Retaining Walls
15. Explanation of Tables and Diagrams
16. Working Stress Design Tables and Diagrams
17. Strength Design Tables and Diagrams
18. ACI/ASCE/TMS Tables

Index

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