Babadua reinforced concrete two-way slabs subjected to concentrated loading.

From: Construction and Building Materials | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract

This work investigated the flexural strength and deformation of 14 two-way concrete slabs that were reinforced in two directions with babadua (botanical: thalia geniculata) bars. The slabs were simply supported on all four sides and tested under a central concentrated load. Ten of the specimens were tested monotonically while the remaining four were subjected to cyclic loading prior to failure. The span-to-effective depth ratios of the slabs ranged from 13.2 to 26.2. Cracking loads of the reinforced concrete slabs averaged 42% of the failure loads predicted for the ...

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