1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459505803321

Autore

Gilbert Raymond Ian

Titolo

Time-Dependent Behaviour of Concrete Structures / / Raymond Ian Gilbert, Gianluca Ranzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-07720-3

1-4822-8871-0

1-282-91911-3

9786612919114

0-203-87939-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (447 p.)

Disciplina

624.1/834

Soggetti

Concrete - Deterioration

Concrete - Service life

Concrete construction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notation and sign convention; 1 Time-dependent deformation; 2 Material properties; 3 Design for serviceability: Deflection and crack control; 4 Uncracked sections: Axial loading; 5 Uncracked sections: Axial force and uniaxial bending; 6 Uncracked sections: Axial force and biaxial bending; 7 Cracked sections; 8 Members and structures; 9 Stiffness method and finite-element modelling; Appendix A: Analytical formulations: Euler-Bernoulli beam model; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968084003321

Autore

Palacios Joseph M

Titolo

The Catholic social imagination : activism and the just society in Mexico and the United States / / Joseph M. Palacios

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007

ISBN

9786611966188

9781281966186

1281966185

9780226645025

0226645029

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Morality and society series

Disciplina

261.8088/2827

Soggetti

Christian sociology - Catholic Church

Christian sociology - United States

Christian sociology - Mexico

Church and state - United States

Church and state - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One. The Catholic Church Takes on Social Justice as Doctrine -- Part Two. One Church, One Border, Two Justices -- Part Three. A Faith That Does Justice? -- Appendix A: Principles of Catholic Social Justice Doctrine -- Appendix B: Research Sites and Instruments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The reach of the Catholic Church is arguably greater than that of any other religion, extending across diverse political, ethnic, class, and cultural boundaries. But what is it about Catholicism that resonates so profoundly with followers who live under disparate conditions? What is it, for instance, that binds parishioners in America with those in Mexico? For Joseph M. Palacios, what unites Catholics is a sense of being Catholic-a social imagination that motivates them to promote justice and build a better world.In The Catholic Social Imagination, Palacios gives re