Table of Contents 
                        CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 
1.1—Scope
1.2—Drawings and specifications 
1.3—Inspection 
1.4—Approval of special systems of design or construction 
CHAPTER 2—NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS 
2.1—Notation 
2.2—Definitions 
CHAPTER 3—MATERIALS
3.1—Tests of materials 
3.2—Cements 
3.3—Aggregates 
3.4—Water
3.5—Steel reinforcement
3.6—Admixtures
3.7—Storage of materials
3.8—Referenced standards 
CHAPTER 4—DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS
4.1—Water-cementitious material ratio 
4.2—Freezing and thawing exposures
4.3—Sulfate exposures 
4.4—Corrosion protection of reinforcement 
CHAPTER 5—CONCRETE QUALITY, MIXING, AND PLACING
5.1—General 
5.2—Selection of concrete proportions 
5.3—Proportioning on the basis of field experience or trial mixtures, or both
5.4—Proportioning without field experience or trial mixtures
5.5—Average strength reduction 
5.6—Evaluation and acceptance of concrete
5.7—Preparation of equipment and place of deposit
5.8—Mixing 
5.9—Conveying
5.10—Depositing
5.11—Curing 
5.12—Cold weather requirements
5.13—Hot weather requirements 
CHAPTER 6—FORMWORK, EMBEDDED PIPES, AND CONSTRUCTION JOINTS
6.1—Design of formwork
6.2—Removal of forms, shores, and reshoring
6.3—Conduits and pipes embedded in concrete 
6.4—Construction joints 
CHAPTER 7—DETAILS OF REINFORCEMENT
7.1—Standard hooks
7.2—Minimum bend diameters
7.3—Bending
7.4—Surface conditions of reinforcement 
7.5—Placing reinforcement
7.6—Spacing limits for reinforcement
7.7—Concrete protection for reinforcement 
7.8—Special reinforcement details for columns 
7.9—Connections 
7.10—Lateral reinforcement for compression members 
7.11—Lateral reinforcement for flexural members 
7.12—Shrinkage and temperature reinforcement 
7.13—Requirements for structural integrity 
CHAPTER 8—ANALYSIS AND DESIGN—GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 
8.1—Design methods 
8.2—Loading 
8.3—Methods of analysis
8.4—Redistribution of negative moments in continuous flexural members
8.5—Modulus of elasticity
8.6—Stiffness
8.7—Span length
8.8—Columns
8.9—Arrangement of live load 
8.10—T-beam construction 
8.11—Joist construction 
8.12—Separate floor finish 
CHAPTER 9—STRENGTH AND SERVICEABILITY REQUIREMENTS
9.1—General 
9.2—Required strength 
9.3—Design strength
9.4—Design strength for reinforcemen 
9.5—Control of deflections 
CHAPTER 10—FLEXURE AND AXIAL LOADS
10.1—Scope
10.2—Design assumptions
10.3—General principles and requirements 
10.4—Distance between lateral supports of flexural members
10.5—Minimum reinforcement of flexural members
10.6—Distribution of flexural reinforcement in beams and one-way slabs
10.7—Deep beams
10.8—Design dimensions for compression members 
10.9—Limits for reinforcement of compression members 
10.10—Slenderness effects in compression members 
10.11—Magnified moments—General 131
10.12—Magnified moments—Nonsway frames 
10.13—Magnified moments—Sway frames 
10.14—Axially loaded members supporting slab system 
10.15—Transmission of column loads through floor system
10.16—Composite compression members 
10.17—Bearing strength
CHAPTER 11—SHEAR AND TORSION
11.1—Shear strength 
11.2—Lightweight concrete 
11.3—Shear strength provided by concrete for nonprestressed members
11.4—Shear strength provided by concrete for prestressed members 
11.5—Shear strength provided by shear reinforcement
11.6—Design for torsion
11.7—Shear-friction
11.8—Deep beams
11.9—Special provisions for brackets and corbels
11.10—Special provisions for walls
11.11—Transfer of moments to columns 
11.12—Special provisions for slabs and footings
CHAPTER 12—DEVELOPMENT AND SPLICES OF REINFORCEMENT
12.1—Development of reinforcement—General 
12.2—Development of deformed bars and deformed wire in tension 
12.3—Development of deformed bars and deformed wire in compression 
12.4—Development of bundled bars
12.5—Development of standard hooks in tension
12.6—Mechanical anchorage
12.7—Development of welded deformed wire reinforcement in tension 
12.8—Development of welded plain wire reinforcement in tension
12.9—Development of prestressing strand 
12.10—Development of flexural reinforcement—General
12.11—Development of positive moment reinforcement 
12.12—Development of negative moment reinforcement 
12.13—Development of web reinforcement 
12.14—Splices of reinforcement—General 
12.15—Splices of deformed bars and deformed wire in tension
12.16—Splices of deformed bars in compression
12.17—Special splice requirements for columns 
12.18—Splices of welded deformed wire reinforcement in tension
12.19—Splices of welded plain wire reinforcement in tension 
CHAPTER 13—TWO-WAY SLAB SYSTEMS
13.1—Scope
13.2—Definitions 
13.3—Slab reinforcement
13.4—Openings in slab systems
13.5—Design procedures
13.6—Direct design method
13.7—Equivalent frame method
CHAPTER 14—WALLS
14.1—Scope
14.2—General 
14.3—Minimum reinforcement 
14.4—Walls designed as compression members 
14.5—Empirical design method 
14.6—Nonbearing walls 
14.7—Walls as grade beams 
14.8—Alternative design of slender walls 
CHAPTER 15—FOOTINGS
15.1—Scope
15.2—Loads and reactions 
15.3—Footings supporting circular or regular polygon shaped columns or pedestals
15.4—Moment in footings 
15.5—Shear in footings
15.6—Development of reinforcement in footings 
15.7—Minimum footing depth 
15.8—Transfer of force at base of column, wall, or reinforced pedestal 
15.9—Sloped or stepped footings 
15.10—Combined footings and mats 
CHAPTER 16—PRECAST CONCRETE 
16.1—Scope
16.2—General 
16.3—Distribution of forces among members 
16.4—Member design 
16.5—Structural integrity 
16.6—Connection and bearing design
16.7—Items embedded after concrete placement
16.8—Marking and identification 
16.9—Handling
16.10—Strength evaluation of precast construction
CHAPTER 17—COMPOSITE CONCRETE FLEXURAL MEMBERS
17.1—Scope
17.2—General 
17.3—Shoring
17.4—Vertical shear strength 
17.5—Horizontal shear strength
17.6—Ties for horizontal shear 
CHAPTER 18—PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
18.1—Scope
18.2—General 
18.3—Design assumptions
18.4—Serviceability requirements—Flexural members 
18.5—Permissible stresses in prestressing steel 
18.6—Loss of prestress
18.7—Flexural strength 
18.8—Limits for reinforcement of flexural members
18.9—Minimum bonded reinforcement 
18.10—Statically indeterminate structures 
18.11—Compression members—Combined flexure and axial loads 
18.12—Slab systems
18.13—Post-tensioned tendon anchorage zones 
18.14—Design of anchorage zones for monostrand or single 5/8 in. diameter bar tendons
18.15—Design of anchorage zones for multistrand tendons
18.16—Corrosion protection for unbonded tendons 
18.17—Post-tensioning ducts
18.18—Grout for bonded tendons 
18.19—Protection for prestressing steel 
18.20—Application and measurement of prestressing force
18.21—Post-tensioning anchorages and couplers
18.22—External post-tensioning 
CHAPTER 19—SHELLS AND FOLDED PLATE MEMBERS
19.1—Scope and definitions
19.2—Analysis and design 
19.3—Design strength of materials 
19.4—Shell reinforcement 
19.5—Construction
CHAPTER 20—STRENGTH EVALUATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES
20.1—Strength evaluation—General
20.2—Determination of required dimensions and material properties
20.3—Load test procedure 
20.4—Loading criteria 
20.5—Acceptance criteria 
20.6—Provision for lower load rating
20.7—Safety
CHAPTER 21—SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SEISMIC DESIGN
21.1—Definitions
ACI 318 Building Code and Commentary
21.2—General requirements 
21.3—Flexural members of special moment frames
21.4—Special moment frame members subjected to bending and axial load 
21.5—Joints of special moment frames
21.6—Special moment frames constructed using precast concrete 
21.7—Special reinforced concrete structural walls and coupling beams 
21.8—Special structural walls constructed using precast concrete 
21.9—Special diaphragms and trusse 330
21.10—Foundations 
21.11—Members not designated as part of the lateral-force-resisting system 
21.12—Requirements for intermediate moment frames 
21.13—Intermediate precast structural walls 
CHAPTER 22—STRUCTURAL PLAIN CONCRETE 
22.1—Scope
22.2—Limitations
22.3—Joints 
22.4—Design method
22.5—Strength design
22.6—Walls 
22.7—Footings 
22.8—Pedestals
22.9—Precast members
22.10—Plain concrete in earthquake-resisting structures
APPENDIX A—STRUT-AND-TIE MODELS
A.1—Definitions
A.2—Strut-and-tie model design procedure 
A.3—Strength of struts 
A.4—Strength of ties 
A.5—Strength of nodal zones 
APPENDIX B—ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS FOR REINFORCED AND PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE FLEXURAL AND COMPRESSION MEMBERS
B.1—Scope 
APPENDIX C—ALTERNATIVE LOAD AND STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTORS 
C.1—General 
C.2—Required strength
C.3—Design strength
APPENDIX D—ANCHORING TO CONCRETE
D.1—Definitions
D.2—Scope
D.3—General requirements 
D.4—General requirements for strength of anchors 
D.5—Design requirements for tensile loading
D.6—Design requirements for shear loading 
D.7—Interaction of tensile and shear forces 
D.8—Required edge distances, spacings, and thicknesses to preclude splitting failure
D.9—Installation of anchors 
APPENDIX E—STEEL REINFORCEMENT INFORMATION
COMMENTARY REFERENCES
INDEX