Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1—General
1.1—Scope
1.2—Purpose
1.3—Limitations
1.4—Supporting codes and standards
1.5—Notation and definitions
1.6—Design and construction procedure
1.7—Limit states
1.8—Strength design
1.9—Serviceability design
Chapter 2—Notation and definitions
2.1—Notation
2.2—Definitions
Chapter 3—Structural system layout
3.1—Description of structural components
3.2—General
3.3—Structural layout
3.4—Feasibility of guide usage
Chapter 4—Loads
4.1—General
4.2—Load factors and load combinations
4.3—Mass and weight
4.4—Weight of materials
4.5—Dead loads
4.6—Live loads
4.7—Roof live loads
4.8—Rain load
4.9—Snow load
4.10—Wind loads
4.11—Seismic loads
4.12—Soil weight and lateral pressure
4.13—Lateral loads
4.14—Lateral-force-resisting system
4.15—Minimum amount reinforced concrete structural walls
Chapter 5—General reinforced concrete information
5.1—Scope
5.2—Materials for reinforced concrete
5.3—Minimum and maximum reinforcing bar diameter
5.4—Concrete cover for reinforcement
5.5—Minimum reinforcement bend diameter
5.6—Standard hook dimensions
5.7—Maximum aggregate size
5.8—Development length, lap splicing, and anchorage of reinforcement
5.9—Longitudinal reinforcement
5.10—Transverse reinforcement
5.11—Flexure
5.12—Axial loads with or without flexure
5.13—Shear
5.14—Bearing
Chapter 6—Floor system
6.1—Types of floor systems
6.2—Selection of floor system
6.3—Structural integrity
6.4—One-way and two-way load paths
6.5—Minimum depth for floor system members
6.6—Trial dimensions for floor system
6.7—Floor finish
6.8—Ducts, shafts, openings, and embedded piping
Chapter 7—Solid slabs supported on girders, beams, joists, or reinforced concrete walls
7.1—General
7.2—Loads
7.3—Reinforcement details
7.4—Shear strength
7.5—Slab between joists
7.6—Cantilevers of slabs supported on girders, beams, or walls
7.7—One-way single-span solid slabs spanning between girders, beams, or reinforced concrete walls
7.8—One-way solid slabs supported on girders, beams, or walls, with two or more spans
7.9—Two-way solid slabs spanning between girders, beams, or reinforced concrete walls
Chapter 8—Girders, beams, and joists
8.1—General
8.2—Loads
8.3—Reinforcement types
8.4—Longitudinal reinforcement
8.5—Transverse reinforcement
8.6—Joists and beams supported by girders
8.7—Girders that are part of a frame
Chapter 9—Slab-column systems
9.1—General
9.2—Loads
9.3—Dimensional limits
9.4—Reinforcement details
9.5—Shear strength
9.6—Minimum slab thickness as required by punching shear
9.7—Minimum slab thickness as required by beam action shear
9.8—Flexure
9.9—Calculation of support reactions
Chapter 10—Columns
10.1—General
10.2—Loads
10.3—Dimensional limits
10.4—Reinforcement details
10.5—Flexure
10.6—Shear
10.7—Calculation of foundation reaction
Chapter 11—Seismic resistance
11.1—Special reinforcement details for seismic zones
11.2—Interaction with nonstructural elements
Chapter 12—Reinforced concrete walls
12.1—General
12.2—Loads
12.3—Dimensional limits
12.4—Reinforcement details
12.5—Flexure
12.6—Shear
12.7—Calculation of reactions at foundation
12.8—Core walls
Chapter 13—Other structural members
13.1—Stairways and ramps
13.2—Small water tanks (for potable water storage)
Chapter 14—Foundations
14.1—Soil investigation
14.2—Allowable soil-bearing capacity
14.3—Settlement criteria
14.4— Dimensioning foundation members
14.5—Spread footings
14.6—Wall footings
14.7—Combined footings
14.8—Piles and caissons
14.9—Footings on piles
14.10—Foundation mats
14.11—Retaining walls
14.12—Grade beams (foundation beams)
14.13—Slabs-on-ground
Chapter 15—Drawings and specifications
15.1—General
15.2—Structural drawings
15.3—Project specifications
Chapter 16—Construction
16.1—Introduction
16.2—Concrete mixture proportioning
16.3—Placing reinforcement
16.4—Concrete mixing and transportation
16.5—Concrete strength evaluation
16.6—Concrete curing
16.7—Form removal
16.8—Inspection
Chapter 17—References
17.1 — Referenced standards and reports
Appendix A—Comparison by topic of ACI 314R-11
to ACI 318-11, IBC 2009, and ASCE 7-10, p. 128