Design of Fastenings for Use in Concrete - the CEN/TS 1992-4 Provisions

The European standard draft CEN/TS 1992-4 for the design of fastenings by means of headed studs, anchor channels, mechanical and chemical anchors is ready for use. This book elivers a detailed description of the determination of tension and shear load actions. Furthermore plastic load capacity design and a plastic design approach are given. Durability, fire resistance and earthquake action are exposed to a particular treatment.
Selected chapters of the German concrete yearbook "Beton-Kalender" are now available in English. The new English BetonKalender Series delivers internationally useful engineering expertise and industrial know-how from Germany.
The Beton-Kalender was founded in 1906 in Berlin, and very soon after it has become a "bible" for construction engineers. Its founder Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942) thought that it should support the annual progress of the new building method with ferro-concrete structures "until its tempestuous development would be brought to the end". But, with exception 1945-50 it is published annually until today.