ABSTRACT

A concise and practical introduction to the new European Code of Practice for Design of Concrete Structures, EC2. This book guides the reader through the background to the Eurocodes and explains the main differences between them and the equivalent Standard Codes of Practice. An Introduction to Eurocode 2 will be invaluable for engineers who need to

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

Design for durability

chapter 3|12 pages

Load arrangements and analysis

chapter 4|44 pages

Section analysis (1): slabs and beams

chapter 5|10 pages

Section analysis (2): beam-column joints

chapter 6|36 pages

Section analysis (3): columns and walls

chapter 7|24 pages

Earthquake engineering

chapter 8|14 pages

Design example

part |2 pages

A Reinforcement areas

chapter |8 pages

B Guidelines for preliminary design

chapter |4 pages

F Column design charts

part |2 pages

G Beam design charts