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VOLUME A
The art of construction and detailing
Introduction
The structural frame
- Introduction
- Structural frame elements
  - Columns
  - Beams
  - Slabs
  - Staircases
  - Foundation
- STRUCTURAL FRAME LOADING
- BEHAVIOR OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAME
  - The behavior and reinforcement of a slab
  - Behavior and reinforcement of beams and columns
Construction methods
- The materials
- The moulds
- Thermal insulation of structural elements
- Concrete
- The steel
- Reinforcement specifications of antiseismic design
- Industrial stirrups - stirrup cages
- Standardized cross-sections of reinforced concrete elements
Reinforcement
- Columns
- Shear walls
- Composite elements
- Beams
- Slabs
- Staircases
- Foundation
Quantity surveying
- Estimation of the concrete’s quantity
- Estimation of the formworks’ quantity
- Estimation of the spacers’ quantity
- Estimation of the reinforcements' quantity
- Total estimation of the materials’ quantities
- Optimization of the reinforcement schedule
- Estimation of the structural frame’s cost
- Electronic exchange of designs - bids - orders
Detailing drawings
- General
- The drawings’ title block
- Carpenter’s drawings
- Steel fixer’s drawings
Tables
- Table 1
- Table 2
- Table 3
Drawings
- Carpenter’s drawings
- Steel fixer’s drawings
Model (exemplary) construction

« Slabs Assumptions »

General

Slabs are two dimensional structural elements bearing loads transverse to their plane. For the classification of slabs see Volume A', §1.2.3. For constructional provisions see Volume C', chapter 6.

Figure 4.1-1 (1)two-way, (2) one-way, (3),two-way three-edge-supported,(4) two-way two-edge-supported, (5) cantilever

Slabs are either isostatic (e.g. one-way, cantilever) or hyperstatic (e.g. two-way) structures. Hyperstatic structures redistribute stresses and provide high safety both under bending and shearing.

Figure 4.1-2

Two-dimensional finite elements

« Slabs Assumptions »