Abstract
Concrete shear wall systems and flat plate slabs have been increasingly used in mid-and high-rise buildings in order to to resist lateral loading and, thus, permit a reduction in storey height. The resulting requirement for long-span flooring results in increased slab thickness of flat plates, with this increased slab stiffness having a significant effect on coupling beam behaviour. In the current study, slab effectiveness was investigated by subjecting large-scale, reinforced concrete coupling beams to cyclic loading and effects of slab stiffness on reinforced concrete coupling beams in flat plate systems, including failure mode, load-displacement, strength, stiffness, energy dissipation and effective slab width, were analysed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 743-749 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Materials Research Innovations |
| Volume | 19 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering