EFFECT OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF REINFORCEMENT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS

TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON TWO-WAY SPANNING, SIMPLY SUPPORTED , REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS WITH SIMILAR ULTIMATE LOADS. THE SLABS HAD DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF REINFORCEMENT WHICH EFFECTED THE AMOUNT OF REINFORCING BARS NEEDED. THE SPAN/ DEPTH RATIO WAS ALSO VARIED. ALL SLABS SUSTAINED LOADS HIGHER THAN THE THEORETICAL COLLAPSE LOAD GIVEN BY THE YIELD -LINE THEORY. THE INCREASED CARRYING CAPACITY, DUE PARTLY TO TENSILE MEMBRANE ACTION, RANGED FROM 26 TO 80 % DEPENDING ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE REINFORCEMENT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 18, No 55, PP 85-94, 11 FIG, 3 TAB, 6 REF
• Authors:
  • Taylor, R
  • Maher, D R
  • Hayes, B
• Publication Date: 1966-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Magazine Concrete Research /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bars (Building materials); Bearing capacity; Behavior; Breaking loads; Bridge members; Collapse; Depth; Length; Loads; Material reinforcement; Positioning; Reinforced concrete; Slabs; Testing; Theory; Yield line method
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans; Loading
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208292
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1994 12:00AM