The authors present accurate and easy-to-apply methods of analyzing and predicting long-term stresses and deformations. These methods allow designers to account for variations of concrete performance from project to project and from country to country, making the book universally applicable.

Examples are provided at the end of each chapter, and the input data and main results are provided in both Imperial and SI units for ease of use by readers in all countries. The latest American and European codes of practice are covered in the appendices but the main part of the book is not tied to any specific code. Many design aids in the form of graphs and tables are included.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Note

1. Creep and Shrinkage of concrete and relaxation of steel
2. Stress and strain of uncracked sections
3. Special of uncracked sections and calculation of displacements
4. Time-dependent internal forces in uncracked structures : analysis by the force method
5. Time-dependent internal forces in uncracked structures : analysis by the displacement method
6. Analysis of time-dependent internal forces with conventional computer programs
7. Stress and strain of cracked sections
8. Displacements of cracked members
9. Simplified prediction of deflections
10. Effects of temperature
11. Control of cracking
12. Design for serviceability of prestressed concrete
13. Non-linear analysis of plane frames
14. Serviceability of members reinforced with fibre-reinforced polymers