Creep and Shrinkage Effect on Reinforced Concrete Slab-and-Beam Structures
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 6
Abstract
In this paper a solution to the bending problem of reinforced concrete slab-and-beam structures including creep and shrinkage effect is presented. The adopted model takes into account the resulting in-plane forces and deformations of the plate as well as the axial forces and deformations of the beam, due to combined response of the system. The analysis consists of isolating the beams from the plate by sections parallel to the lower outer surface of the plate. The forces at the interface, which produce lateral deflection and in-plane deformation to the plate and lateral deflection and axial deformation to the beam, are established using continuity conditions at the interface. The influence of creep and shrinkage effect relative to the time of the casting and the time of the loading of the plate and the beams is taken into account. The solution of the arising plate and beam problems, which are nonlinearly coupled, is achieved using the analog equation method. The adopted model, compared with those ignoring the in-plane forces and deformations, describes better the actual response of the plate–beams system and permits the evaluation of the shear forces at the interfaces, the knowledge of which is very important in the design of prefabricated ribbed plates. The resulting deflections are considerably smaller than those obtained by other models.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128 • Issue 6 • June 2002
Pages: 625 - 634
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: May 18, 2001
Accepted: Oct 8, 2001
Published online: May 15, 2002
Published in print: Jun 2002
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