Based on a blend of experiment and experience, ACI 318 gives design and construction requirements for structural concrete buildings, and is widely adopted by reference in general building codes. The Commentary, ACI 318R, discusses some of the considerations of ACI Committee 318, including background details and references to much of the research data referred to in preparing the building code requirements. Emphasis is on new or revised provisions that may be unfamiliar to users of ACI 318. ACI 318/318R-02, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary, includes extensive revisions from ACI 318-99. These revisions include:

A change in strength overdesign values and acceptance criteria for concrete

Inclusion of a simpler skin-reinforcement calculation method for members subjected to flexure and axial loads

Removal of barriers to the use of higher-strength concrete

Clarified torsion provisions

Modified provisions for shear reinforcement and shearheads in slabs

Explicit provisions for partially prestressed concrete flexural members

Updated Chapter 21, "Special Provisions for Seismic Design," including new requirements for the use of precast, and additional requirements for hoops in intermediate frames, reinforcing placement at slab edge and corner connections; and shear strength of two-way slab systems used as intermediate moment frames

A new Appendix A giving requirements for applying strut-and-tie modeling

A new Appendix D on anchoring to concrete

This most comprehensive revision of ACI 318 since 1963 is an essential addition to your technical library.