Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and Concrete Masonry, Fifth Edition [Hardcover]

James E. Amrhein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0849375517 | ISBN-13: 978-0849375514 | Edition: 5 Upd Sub

The Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook provides the coefficients, tables, charts, and design data required for the design of reinforced masonry structures. This edition improves and expands upon previous editions, complying with the current Uniform Building Code and paralleling the growth of reinforced masonry engineering.
Discussions include:

materials

strength of masonry assemblies

loads

lateral forces

reinforcing steel

movement joints

waterproofing masonry structures and products

formulas for reinforced masonry design

retaining walls

and more
This comprehensive, useful book serves as an exceptional resource for designers, contractors, builders, and civil engineers involved in reinforced masonry - eliminating repetitious and routine calculations as well as reducing the time for masonry design.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 469 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 5 Upd Sub edition (March 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849375517
• ISBN-13: 978-0849375514
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Masonry, July 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and Concrete Masonry, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

This book provides a comprehensive explanation detailing the design standards used in masonry. This book is a must have reference guide for those who are in the field of Civil Engineering or design of masonry walls. No C.E. should be without one. It provides a necessary reference just like the AISC Steel Structural Book or any other design code books.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook, May 14, 2004

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Steven Travis (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and Concrete Masonry, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

The fatal problem is this book is NOT current to the 97 Uniform Building Code, contrary to the advertised description. It is written for the 94 Code. Therefore, it is useless and dangerous for actual design and permit. This book gives a pretty good tutorial, but asumes the reader to be an engineer already and skips key explanations of the process, showing numbers in formulas without referencing where they came from, what they mean, or what units they are measured in. Too cryptic. The reference data is scattered throughout the book, and often doesn't have a cross-reference, so it took me over an hour to read each page of problem, due to hunt-and-peck for clues. The design examples are fairly good but hard to follow, and the problem questions don't have answers or process to check your work. The subject is so complex that it would be scary to formulate a real life problem. The author left out the seismic factors on foundation design, so the answers are very wrong in earthquake areas. The 97 Code changed greatly from the 94 Code, so you will be struggling to learn erroneous information.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, though need to be updated, December 8, 2008

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Y. Wang (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and Concrete Masonry, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

This book has long been in my wishing list. As many others here, I hope a new version that agree with the latest codes could come up. However, I finally decided to buy it. They sent the book quickly and immaculately new. I like it.