ACI 340R-97

ACI Design Handbook—Design of Structural Reinforced

Concrete Elements in Accordance with the
Strength Design Method of ACI 318-95

Reported by ACI Committee 340

Mohsen A. Issa, Chairman

Husam A. Omar, Secretary

Param D. Bhat Richard Furlong* Edward G. Nawy

William W. Bintzer Moussa A. Issa William E. Rushing, Jr.
Patrick J. Creegan James S. Lai Charles G. Salmon
Om P. Dixit Douglas D. Lee Murat Saatcloglu
S. Ali Mirza Sudhakar P. Verma
* Cconsulting member

Synopsis

The ACI Design Handbook is intended for use by individuals having a general familiarity with the
strength design method and with “Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete (ACI 318-95).”
This publication provides information for the engineering design and analysis of beams, one-way slabs,
brackets, footings, pile caps, columns, two-way slabs, and seismic design.

Information is presented on three sections: Design Aids, Design Examples, and Commentary on Design
Aids. The Design Examples illustrate the use of the Design Aids, which are tables and graphs intended to
eliminate routine and repetitious calculations. The Commentary explains the analytical basis for the
Design Aids.

Keywords: anchorage (structural); axial loads; bars; beams (supports); bending; bending moments; biax-
ial loads; brackets; buckling; columns (supports); concrete construction; concrete piles; concrete slabs;
connections; cracking (fracturing); deflection; flanges; flexural strength; footings; frames; load factors;
loads (forces); long columns; moments of inertia; pile caps; reinforced concrete; reinforcing steels; shear
strength; slenderness ratio; spiral columns; splicing; stiffness; strength analysis; structural analysis; struc-
tural design; T-beams; tension; torsion.

This document is also available as a separate publication.

340R-1