Practical API Design

This book aims to provide actual methods of calculation and standard details followed by professionals in industrial projects pertaining to Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) structures backed by practical design and standard details. It covers engineering properties of soil and types of tests, different types of concrete grades, standard notes and codes, workout examples of piles, foundations, and super structure elements. It provides all the standard construction details including reinforcement arrangement, generally used for RCC works in superstructure and foundations.Features: Provides strength design calculation for foundation and settlement analysis of the founding soil together. Discusses standard details of reinforced concrete joints and reinforcement placement. Describes suitable types of material and selection of structure according to nature founding soil and service life of the plant. Explores standard construction details. Includes solved problems, design and worked out exa