Serviceability failures of concrete structures involving excessive cracking or deflection are relatively common, even in structures that comply with code requirements. This is often as a result of a failure to adequately account for the time-dependent deformations of concrete in the design of the structure. The serviceability provisions embodied in

Serviceability failures of concrete structures involving excessive cracking or deflection are relatively common, even in structures that comply with code requirements. This is often as a result of a failure to adequately account for the time-dependent deformations of concrete in the design of the structure. The serviceability provisions embodied in codes of practice are relatively crude and, in some situations, unreliable and do not adequately model the in-service behaviour of structures. In particular, they fail to adequately account for the effects of creep and shrinkage of the concrete. Design for serviceability is complicated by the non-linear and inelastic behaviour of concrete at service loads. Providing detailed information, this book helps engineers to rationally predict the time-varying deformation of concrete structures under typical in-service conditions. It gives analytical methods to help anticipate time-dependent cracking, the gradual change in tension stiffening with time, creep induced deformations and the load independent strains caused by shrinkage and temperature changes. The calculation procedures are illustrated with many worked examples. A vital guide for practising engineers and advanced students of structural engineering on the design of concrete structures for serviceability and provides a penetrating insight into the time-dependent behaviour of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

The inability of designers of concrete structures to recognize and quantify the non-linear effects of cracking, creep and shrinkage is a common cause of serviceability failure. Such failures include excessive deflection, camber and/or shortening of members and excessive cracking which may cause aesthetic or durability problems. This book provides practising engineers with practical and usable techniques for predicting the non-linear effects of creep and shrinkage on the in-service behaviour of concrete structures. Both cracked and uncracked reinforced, prestressed, and composite members subjected to sustained loads or sustained deformations are considered. Analytical procedures are developed for the calculation of instantaneous and time-dependent stresses and deformations on cross-sections in both simple and continuous members. Numerous self-contained worked examples which clearly illustrate the analytical procedures are included. A wide variety of practical situations is considered. Listings of microcomputer programs for a number of the analyses are also presented.