Multi-Storey Precast Concrete Framed Structures
Multi-Storey Precast Concrete Framed Structures
Multi-Storey Precast Concrete Framed Structures
Salient Features
Features design examples to Eurocode standards including BS EN 1990: Basis of Structural Design, BS EN 1991: Actions on Structures, and
BS EN 1992: Design of Concrete Structures
Numerous worked examples with Eurocode and older BS based calculations shown in parallel
Strongly practical in approach
'deserves to be read widely' - The Structural Engineer
Table of Contents
1 Precast Concepts, History and Design Philosophy 1
2 Procurement and Documentation 43
3 Architectural and Framing Considerations 71
4 Design of Skeletal Structures 145
5 Design of Precast Floors Used in Precast Frames 245
6 Composite Construction 335
7 Design of Connections and Joints 375
8 Designing for Horizontal Load 547
9 Structural Integrity and the Design for Accidental Loading 627
10 Site Practice and Temporary Stability 667
Colin Jolly :- Colin K. Jolly MSc, PhD, CEng, MICE, FIStructE is a self-employed consultant to Cranfield University and the construction industry.
He was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Southampton University, UK, from 1978 to 1999, and in the
Engineering Systems Department at the Royal Military College of Science (now the Defence Academy) from 2000-2006, having formerly worked
for Consulting Engineers in the UK and Oman. Since 1975, he has been active in research into the behaviour of a wide variety of composite
materials in structures, and has published more than 280 papers and industrial reports. He is a member of the UK Expert Group providing
recommendations for the evolution of the European loading code EN 1990.