This book provides the reader with the fundamentals of analysis and design of reinforced concrete (RC) elements, together with elements’ reinforcement details, in a simple way. The book provides a valuable design guide for undergraduate civil and architectural engineering students. It can also act as a resource for recent graduates and practicing engineers. Throughout the book, the presented design procedures for structural elements provide a roadmap which enables students and practicing engineers to create their own programming codes to increase the productivity of their design practice.
Reinforced concrete columns play a very important role in structural performance; as such, it is essential to apply a suitable analytical tool to estimate their structural behaviour and consider failure mechanisms. This monograph focuses on fiber beam-column elements.