"Provides the reader with a basic understanding of the strength and behavior of reinforced concrete members and simple reinforced concrete structural systems using an elementary, noncalculus, practical approach. This title is suitable for technologists, technicians, and engineering and architectural students."--Pub. desc.

Materials and mechanics of bending -- Rectangular reinforced concrete beams and slabs: tension steel only -- Reinforced concrete beams: t-beams and doubly reinforced beams -- Shear in beams -- Development, splices, and simple-span bar cutoffs -- Continuous construction design considerations -- Serviceability -- Walls -- Columns -- Footings -- Prestressed concrete fundamentals -- Concrete formwork -- Detailing reinforced concrete structures -- Tables -- Supplementary aids and guidelines -- Metrification -- Answers to selected problems.