Reinforced

concrete
design
FIFTH EDITION

W. H. MOSLEY
FORMERLY NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE
AND DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

j . H . BUNGEY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

R. HULSE
SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

Contents
Preface to fifth edition
Notation

1 Properties of reinforced concrete

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6

Composite action
Stress-strain relations
Shrinkage and thermal movement
Creep
Durability
Specification of materials

2 Limit state design

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Limit states
Characteristic material strengths and characteristic loads
Partial factors of safety
Global factor of safety

3 Analysis of the structure

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6

Loads
Load combinations
Analysis of beams
Analysis of frames
Shear wall structures resisting horizontal loads
Redistribution of moments

4 Analysis of the section

4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10

Stress-strain relations
The distribution of strains and stresses across a section
Bending and the equivalent rectangular stress block
Singly reinforced rectangular section in bending
Rectangular section with compression reinforcement at the
ultimate limit state
Flanged section in bending at the ultimate limit state
Moment redistribution and the design equations
Bending plus axial load at the ultimate limit state
The rectangular-parabolic stress block
The triangular stress block
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Shear, bond and torsion

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4

Serviceability, durability and stability requirements

6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7

Detailing requirements
Span-effective depth ratios
Calculation of deflections
Flexural cracking
Thermal and shrinkage cracking
Other serviceability requirements
Stability

Design of reinforced concrete beams

7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7

Shear
Anchorage bond
Laps in reinforcement
Analysis of section subject to torsional moments

Preliminary analysis and member sizing

Design for bending
Design for shear
Bar spacing
Continuous beams
Cantilever beams and corbels
Design for torsion

Design of reinforced concrete slabs

8.1
Simplified analysis
8.2
Shear in slabs
8.3
Span-effective depth ratios
8.4
Reinforcement details
8.5
Solid slabs spanning in one direction
8.6
Solid slabs spanning in two directions
8.7
Flat slab floors
8.8
Ribbed, waffle and hollow block floors
8.9
Stair slabs
8.10 Yield line and strip methods

9 Column design
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8

Loading and moments

Column classification and failure modes
Reinforcement details
Design of short columns
Non-rectangular sections
Biaxial bending of short columns
Design of slender columns
Walls

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10 Foundations
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Pad footings
Combined footings
Strap footings
Strip footings
Raft foundations
Piled foundations
Design of pile caps

11 Water-retaining structures and retaining walls

11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5

Water-retaining structures
joints in water-retaining structures
Reinforcement details
Design methods
Retaining walls

12 Prestressed concrete
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5

Principle of prestressing
Methods of prestressing
Analysis of concrete section under working loads
Design for the serviceability limit state
Analysis and design at the ultimate limit state

13 Composite construction
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6

The design procedure

Design of the steel beam for conditions during construction
The composite section at the ultimate limit state
Design of shear connectors
Transverse reinforcement
The composite section at the serviceability limit state

Appendix
Further reading
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