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Contents
1.1 Concrete and Reinforced Concrete ................................................1
1.2 Advantages of Reinforced Concrete as a Structural Material ........4
1.3 Disadvantages of Reinforced Concrete as a Structural Material....4 MSC. Wissam Nadir
AL-QASIM Green University
1.4 Compatibility of Concrete and Steel...............................................4
College Of Water Resources Engineering
2/10/2017
Lec. Introduction
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5. Foundations
Foundations are the structural concrete elements that transmit the weight of the
superstructure to the supporting soil. They could be in many forms:
Isolated footing - the simplest one. It can be viewed as an inverted slab transmitting
a distributed load from the soil to the column.
Combined footings supporting more than one column.
Mat foundations, and rafts which are basically inverted slab and beam construction.
Strip footing or wall footing supporting walls.
Piles driven to rock.