为地面基础上的经济型后张板提供建议。它提供了膨胀土或可压缩土上后张住宅和轻型商业板的土壤调查、设计和施工指南。它包括三个完整的设计示例和关于稳定土壤上工业地板设计的信息。第二版在几章中进行了显著的修订。提供这些修订是为了澄清或指导设计师了解本设计程序的适用性及其局限性。此外，它还提供了“等厚度基础”的设计方法，并修改了容许剪应力方程。

Provides recommendations for economical post-tensioned slab-on-ground foundations. It presents guidelines for soil investigation, design and construction of post-tensioned residential and light commercial slabs on expansive or compressible soils. It includes three complete design examples and information on design of industrial floors on stable soils. The Second Edition provides notable revisions in several chapters. The revisions are provided to clarify or guide the designer in the applicability of this design procedure and its limitations. In addition, it offers a design method for "uniform thickness foundations" and modifies the permissible sheer stress equation.