ACI CODE 318-14

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
1.1—Scope of ACI 318, p. 9
1.2—General, p. 9
1.3—Purpose, p. 10
1.4—Applicability, p. 10
1.5—Interpretation, p. 11
1.6—Building official, p. 12
1.7—Licensed design professional, p. 13
1.8—Construction documents and design records, p. 13
1.9—Testing and inspection, p. 13
1.10—Approval of special systems of design, construction,
or alternative construction materials, p. 13
CHAPTER 2
NOTATION AND TERMINOLOGY
2.1—Scope, p. 15
2.2—Notation, p. 15
2.3—Terminology, p. 30
CHAPTER 3
REFERENCED STANDARDS
3.1—Scope, p. 45
3.2—Referenced standards, p. 45
CHAPTER 4
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
4.1—Scope, p. 49
4.2—Materials, p. 49
4.3—Design loads, p. 49
4.4—Structural system and load paths, p. 49
4.5—Structural analysis, p. 52
4.6—Strength, p. 52
4.7—Serviceability, p. 53
4.8—Durability, p. 53
4.9—Sustainability, p. 53
4.10—Structural integrity, p. 54
4.11—Fire resistance, p. 54
4.12—Requirements for specific types of construction,
p. 54
4.13—Construction and inspection, p. 56
4.14—Strength evaluation of existing structures, p. 56
CHAPTER 5
LOADS
5.1—Scope, p. 57
5.2—General, p. 57
5.3—Load factors and combinations, p. 58
CHAPTER 6
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
6.1—Scope, p. 63
6.2—General, p. 63
6.3—Modeling assumptions, p. 68
6.4—Arrangement of live load, p. 69
6.5—Simplified method of analysis for nonprestressed
continuous beams and one-way slabs, p. 70
6.6—First-order analysis, p. 71
6.7—Elastic second-order analysis, p. 79
6.8—Inelastic second-order analysis, p. 81
6.9—Acceptability of finite element analysis, p. 81
CHAPTER 7
ONE-WAY SLABS
7.1—Scope, p. 83
7.2—General, p. 83
7.3—Design limits, p. 83
7.4—Required strength, p. 85
7.5—Design strength, p. 85
7.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 86
7.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 88
CHAPTER 8
TWO-WAY SLABS
8.1—Scope, p. 93
8.2—General, p. 93
8.3—Design limits, p. 94
8.4—Required strength, p. 97
8.5—Design strength, p. 102
8.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 103
8.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 106
8.8—Nonprestressed two-way joist systems, p. 117
8.9—Lift-slab construction, p. 118
8.10—Direct design method, p. 118
8.11—Equivalent frame method, p. 124
CHAPTER 9
BEAMS
9.1—Scope, p. 129
9.2—General, p. 129
9.3—Design limits, p. 130
9.4—Required strength, p. 132
9.5—Design strength, p. 134
9.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 136
9.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 140
9.8—Nonprestressed one-way joist systems, p. 149
9.9—Deep beams, p. 151
CHAPTER 10
COLUMNS
10.1—Scope, p. 153
10.2—General, p. 153
10.3—Design limits, p. 153
10.4—Required strength, p. 154
10.5—Design strength, p. 155
10.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 156
10.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 157
CHAPTER 11
WALLS
11.1—Scope, p. 163
11.2—General, p. 163
11.3—Design limits, p. 164
11.4—Required strength, p. 164
11.5—Design strength, p. 165
11.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 168
11.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 169
11.8—Alternative method for out-of-plane slender wall
analysis, p. 171
CHAPTER 12
DIAPHRAGMS
12.1—Scope, p. 173
12.2—General, p. 173
12.3—Design limits, p. 175
12.4—Required strength, p. 175
12.5—Design strength, p. 178
12.6—Reinforcement limits, p. 185
12.7—Reinforcement detailing, p. 185
CHAPTER 13
FOUNDATIONS
13.1—Scope, p. 187
13.2—General, p. 189
13.3—Shallow foundations, p. 192
13.4—Deep foundations, p. 193
CHAPTER 14
PLAIN CONCRETE
14.1—Scope, p. 195
14.2—General, p. 196
14.3—Design limits, p. 196
14.4—Required strength, p. 198
14.5—Design strength, p. 199
14.6—Reinforcement detailing, p. 202
CHAPTER 15
BEAM-COLUMN AND SLAB-COLUMN JOINTS
15.1—Scope, p. 203
15.2—General, p. 203
15.3—Transfer of column axial force through the floor
system, p. 203
15.4—Detailing of joints, p. 204
CHAPTER 16
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS
16.1—Scope, p. 205
16.2—Connections of precast members, p. 205
16.3—Connections to foundations, p. 209
16.4—Horizontal shear transfer in composite concrete
flexural members, p. 212
16.5—Brackets and corbels, p. 214
CHAPTER 17
ANCHORING TO CONCRETE
17.1—Scope, p. 221
17.2—General, p. 222
17.3—General requirements for strength of anchors, p. 228
17.4—Design requirements for tensile loading, p. 234
17.5—Design requirements for shear loading, p. 247
17.6—Interaction of tensile and shear forces, p. 258
17.7—Required edge distances, spacings, and thicknesses
to preclude splitting failure, p. 258
17.8—Installation and inspection of anchors, p. 260
CHAPTER 18
EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT STRUCTURES
18.1—Scope, p. 263
18.2—General, p. 263
18.3—Ordinary moment frames, p. 269
18.4—Intermediate moment frames, p. 269
18.5—Intermediate precast structural walls, p. 274
18.6—Beams of special moment frames, p. 275
18.7—Columns of special moment frames, p. 280
18.8—Joints of special moment frames, p. 285
18.9—Special moment frames constructed using precast
concrete, p. 289
18.10—Special structural walls, p. 292
18.11—Special structural walls constructed using precast
concrete, p. 304
18.12—Diaphragms and trusses, p. 304
18.13—Foundations, p. 310
18.14—Members not designated as part of the seismicforce-resisting system, p. 312
CHAPTER 19
CONCRETE: DESIGN AND DURABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
19.1—Scope, p. 315
19.2—Concrete design properties, p. 315
19.3—Concrete durability requirements, p. 316
19.4—Grout durability requirements, p. 324

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