ACI SP-17M-2014
The Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook

Standard No.

ACI SP-17M-2014

Release Date

2014

Published By

ACI - American Concrete Institute

Scope

FOREWORD The Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook provides assistance to professionals engaged in the design of reinforced concrete buildings and related structures. This edition is a major revision that brings it up-to-date with the approach and provisions of Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318M-14). The layout and look of the Handbook have also been updated. The Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook now provides dozens of design examples of various reinforced concrete members@ such as one- and two-way slabs@ beams@ columns@ walls@ diaphragms@ footings@ and retaining walls. For consistency@ many of the numerical examples are based on a fictitious seven-story reinforced concrete building. There are also many additional design examples not related to the design of the members in the seven story building that illustrate various ACI 318M-14 requirements. Each example starts with a problem statement@ then provides a design solution in a three column format??code provision reference@ short discussion@ and design calculations?? followed by a drawing of reinforcing details@ and finally a conclusion elaborating on a certain condition or comparing results of similar problem solutions. In addition to examples@ almost all chapters in the Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook contain a general discussion of the related ACI 318M-14 chapter.