If you are passionate about structural engineering and you wish to design or construct reinforced concrete structures, you must possess a clear understanding of how reinforced concrete structures …

Strain in concrete is the same as in reinforcing bars at the same level, provided that the bond between the steel and concrete is sufficient to keep them acting together under the different load stages i.e., …

Concrete is a product obtained artificially by hardening of the mixture of cement, sand, gravel and water in predetermined proportions. Depending on the quality and proportions of the ingredients used in …

For all concrete girders that span existing or future traffic lanes or railroad tracks, transverse reinforcement, including lower flange confinement reinforcement, is required throughout the full …

The Reinforced Concrete Construction Manual has been issued by the Department of Transportation’s Division of Engineering Services (DES), Structure Construction (SC).

This manual establishes and standardizes stability criteria for use in the design and evaluation of the many various types of concrete structures common to Corps of Engineers civil works...

Concrete offers significant energy savings over the lifetime of a building or pavement. Concrete’s high thermal mass moderates temperature swings by storing and releasing energy needed for heating …