Abstract
This research into compressive membrane action and the ultimate capacity of reinforced concrete slabs provides a basis for the development of a more realistic design approach for continuous slabs subjected to uniformly distributed loading.The results of a series of tests on both one-way slab strips and wo-way slab models are reported. Following an analysis of the experimental evidence a method is presented for predicting the ultimate capacity of laterally restrained slab strips. This is combined with a modified yield line theory in order to develop a method for the prediction of the ultimate capacity of uniformly loaded slabs, subjected to rigid lateral restraint on all four sides. In the computation of the predicted failure loads, the method takes into account the effect of compressive membrane action in the slabs.
| Date of Award | 1986 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Supervisor | Adrian Long (Supervisor) |