本书包括设计规范与规程、钢筋混凝土的弯曲性能、梁的弯曲分析及设计、长期挠度、板的屈服理论、粘接和锚固等方面内容。全书分16个单元，每单元除正课文外，还有两篇阅读材料，均配有必要的注释。

本书不仅适用于在校学生，对于有志提高专业英语阅读能力的建筑行业广大在职工程技术人员，也是一本适用的自学教材。

UNIT ONE

 Text The Preface of《Desdign of Concrete Structure》

 Reading Material A Concrete，Reinforced Concrete，and Prestressed Concrete(1)

 Reading Material B Concrete，Reinforced Concrete，and Prestressed Concrete(2)

UNIT TWO

 Text Design Codes and Specifications and Safety Provisions of the ACI Code

 Reading Material A Safety Provisions of the ACI Code

 Reading Material B Dimensions and Tolerances

UNIT THREE

 Text Serviceability

 Reading Material A The Gergely-Lutz Equation for Crack width

 Reading Material B Creep Effect on Deflections under Sustained Load

UNIT FOUR

 Text Behavior of Reinforced Concrete in Bending

 Reading Material A Reinforced Concrete Beam Behavior(1)

 Reading Material B Reinforced Concrete Beam Behavior(2)

UNIT FIVE

 Text Fundamentals of Flexural Analysis and Design of Beams

 Reading Material A Reinforced Concrete Members Subject to Axial Loads(1)

 Reading Material B Reinforced Concrete Members Subject to Axial Loads(2)

UNIT SIX

 Text Longtime Deflections

 Reading Material A Deflections at Service Loads

 Reading Material B Strength and Deformation of Concrete in Compression

UNIT SEVEN

 Text Shear and Diagonal Tension

 Reading Material A Design for Shear and Diagonal Tension(1)

 Reading Material B Design for Shear and Diagonal Tension(2)

UNIT EIGHT

 Text Two-Way Column-Supported Slabs

 Reading Material A Two-Way Edge Supported Slabs(1)

 Reading Material B Two-Way Edge Supported Slabs(2)

UNIT NINE

 Text Torsion in Reinforced Concrete Members

 Reading Material A Tension Strength

 Reading Material B Torsion and Torsion Plus Shear

UNIT TEN

 Text Strength under Combined Stress

 Reading Material A Strength under Combined Stress continued

 Reading Material B Reinforced-concrete Beams without Shear Reinforcement

UNIT ELEVEN

 Text Yield Line Theory of Slabs

 Reading Material A Fundamental Assumptions

 Reading Material B Methods of Analysis

UNIT TWELVE

 Text Prestressed Concrete

 Reading Material A Sources of Prestress Force

 Reading Material B Prestressing Steels

UNIT THIRTEEN

 Text Fundamentals of Composite Action and Shear Connection

 Reading Material A Other Types of Composite Construction(1)

 Reading Material B Other Types of Composite Construction(2)

UNIT FOURTEEN

 Text Bond and Anchorage

 Reading Material A The Nature of Bond Resistance

 Reading Material B The Position of Bars with Respect to the Placing of the Surrounding Concrete

UNIT FIFTEEN

 Text Limit State Design of Brickwork

 Reading Material A Methods of Construction

 Reading Material B The Strength of Materials

UNIT SIXTEEN

 Text Soil Mechanics

 Reading Material A Footings(1)

 Reading Material B Footings(2)

Appendix

Ⅰ Vocabulary

Ⅱ Translation for Reference

Ⅲ Key to the Exercises