1st Edition

Composite Construction

Edited By David Nethercot Copyright 2003
248 Pages
by CRC Press

248 Pages
by CRC Press

256 Pages
by CRC Press

The use of modern composite materials in construction offers the structural engineer and designer exciting opportunities for all types of buildings and structures. By far the most commonly used and longest established composite material is the combined use of steel and concrete in the form known in most parts of the world as 'composite construction'. Composite Construction takes a comprehensive... Read more
1. Fundamentals 2. Composite Beams 3. Composite Columns 4. Instability and Ductility 5. Composite Floors 6. Composite Connections 7. Composite Frames

Biography

David Nethercot is head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College, London