PCI Design Handbook 7th Edition

PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete 7th Edition (MNL-120-10) is the industry’s leading design guide for precast and prestressed concrete.  It provides easy-to-follow design procedures; numerical examples; and both new and updated design aids using ACI 318-05, ASCE 7-05, IBC 2006, and other current industry standards.

This indispensable, nearly 800-page publication provides the designer with comprehensive and efficient procedures for the safe design of both architectural and structural precast and prestressed concrete products. The design information and recommendations are based on the latest research as well as the consensus of practicing engineers. Every designer needs this indispensable publication for quick reference.

PCI Design Handbook 7th Edition includes new and updated information on:

• shear-friction design 
• blast design 
• stadium riser design 
• ledge hanger steel design 
• impacts of ACI 318-08 

PCI Design Handbook 7th Edition also contains a new notation chapter, a new materials chapter and so much more, and includes a CD-ROM that contains a searchable PDF version of the entire handbook and many of the PCI publications it references.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Chapter 1 - Precast and Prestressed Concrete Applications 
• Chapter 2  - Notations 
• Chapter 3 - Preliminary Design of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Structures 
• Chapter 4 - Analysis and Design of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Structures 
• Chapter 5 - Design of Precast and Prestressed Concrete Components 
• Chapter 6 - Design of Connections 
• Chapter 7 - Structural Considerations of Architectural Precast Concrete 
• Chapter 8 - Component Handling and Erection Bracing 
• Chapter 9 - Precast and Prestressed Concrete: Materials 
• Chapter 10 - Design for Fire Resistance of Precast and Prestressed Concrete 
• Chapter 11 - Thermal and Acoustical Properties of Precast Concrete 
• Chapter 12 - Vibration Design of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Floor Systems 
• Chapter 13 - Tolerances for Precast and Prestressed Concrete Concrete 
• Chapter 14 - Specifications and Standard Practices 
• Chapter 15 - General Design Information Appendix Impact of ACI 318-08 on this handbook.

ERRATA | Spring 2011