Main entry:

Scott, Ernest A., author.

Title & Author:

Arrol's reinforced concrete reference book of examples, general formulae model regulations and designing tables : as used by the Reinforced concrete department of Sir William Arrol and company, ltd., Glasgow, by Ernest A. Scott.

Publication:

London : E. & F.N. Spon; New York : Spon and Chamberlain, 1930.

Description:

viii, 283 pages : illustrations (frontispiece, illustrations, tables, diagrams, folded diagrams) , 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Contents: Section. 1. -- Introduction -- Notes on structures illustrated-industrial buildings-dock and harbour works-bridges -- Photographs -- Section. 2. -- General formulae for members subject to flexure -- Explanatory notes -- Cantilevers -- Freely supported beams -- Beams with end restraint -- Beams in continuity -- Continuous frames and joints -- Section. 3. -- Model regulations and specification -- foreword -- Part. A. General requirements -- Part. B. Definitions and abbreviations -- Part. C. Notation -- Part. D. Loads and pressures -- Part. E. Materials -- Part. F. Construction of the work -- Part. G. Load distribution and bending moments -- Part. H. Stress and deformation calculations -- Part. J. Graphs and diagrams -- Section. 4 -- Notes and tables for detail designing -- Areas and weights of bars -- Resistance moments of slabs -- Rectangular slab panel factors -- Resistance moments of flanged beams -- Resistance moments of rectangular beams -- Direct loads for columns -- Combined stresses and areas, inertias, and moduli of sections -- Notes on quantities for reinforced concrete work

Summary:

"The author is indebted to the directors of the company and particularly to the chief enginer, Mr. Adam Hunter, M.INST.C.E., for providing facilities and resources which have enabled him to compile this reference book. Able technical assistance was given voluntarilty by several members of the staff, notably, Mr. J. M. Baxter, for foreign translations, Mr. C. E. Reynolds, B.Sc., and Mr. L. R. J. Cutbush, B.Sc., as well as other members of the firm's reinforced concrete department, including Miss Jean Jaap, who prepared the whole of the diagrams and tables, and Mr. T. Johnston, B.Sc., who assisted in the final reviewing and checking of proofs. It should also be mentioned that nearly all the structures illustrated were executed by Sir Wm. Arrol and Co., Ltd., under the management of Mr. T. B. Shore, who was for ten years the director in charge of this class of construction." -- Preface

Subject:

Reinforced concrete.
Reinforced cement.
Béton armé.
reinforced concrete.

Added entries:

Arrol, Sir William and Company.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 28723
Call No.: W6777; ID:88-B14467
Status: Available