DEFLECTIONS IN SLABS ON ELASTIC FOUNDATIONS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF A NEW METHOD OF SLAB ANALYSIS ARE PRESENTED. THIS NEW ANALYSIS, EMPLOYING A SIMPLE EXTENSION OF MOMENT DISTRIBUTION PRINCIPLES, HAS FURNISHED RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIATED BY ELASTICITY THEORIES AND THE FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS. THE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED CONSISTS OF A TRANSFORMATION OF ANY GIVEN SLAB INTO A GRIDWORK OF BEAMS, A SYSTEMATIC LOAD DEFORMATION, AND A SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION OF BENDING MOMENT AND TORSIONAL EFFECTS ON THE GRID. ANALYSES OF SLABS WITH GRID SYSTEMS ARE NOT NEW, BUT A UNIQUENESS IS REALIZED IN THIS ANALOGY BY ASSUMING RIGID AND STRUCTURALLY INDETERMINATE GRID JOINTS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/30/30-012.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 30, pp 125-133, 7 FIG, 4 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Ewell, W W
  • OKUBO, S
• Publication Date: 1951

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C., January 9-12, 1951
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 30
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending moments; Deflection tests; Elasticity (Mechanics); Engineering moments; Finite differences; Grids (Transmission lines); Slabs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Moment distribution
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic theory
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209440
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 25 1971 12:00AM