Title:
The Building of a Building Code
Author(s):
Mete Sozen
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
28
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
45-50
Keywords:
ACI 318; building code; load test; shear
DOI:
Date:
5/1/2006
Abstract:
Building codes have evolved in a state of tension between the use of theory to predict behavior and the reliance on observation. The author illustrates this tension using examples of the development of shear strength and load test provisions in ACI 318 and provides simple rules, based on experience, for developing and modifying a building code.