Probabilistic Models of Damaging Deflections for Floor Elements
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 15, Issue 4
Abstract
In this paper a number of serviceability issues related mainly to excessive deflections of structural floor elements (beams and slabs) are discussed. Field data of serviceability damage caused by excessive deflections of structural floor elements have been collected from various sources and probabilistic models are developed. Current serviceability specifications for allowable deflection limits in Australian, U.S., and other concrete structure codes have been compared against these probabilistic distributions of damaging deflections. Preliminary results confirm that allowable deflection limits in these design codes represent realistic lower-bound values of damaging deflections.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 15 • Issue 4 • November 2001
Pages: 135 - 140
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Received: Jan 11, 2001
Published online: Nov 1, 2001
Published in print: Nov 2001
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