Civil Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

7-31-1969

Abstract

This dissertation is an attempt to analytically predict the large deflection behavior of orthogonally reinforced concrete slabs. The problem considered is that of a laterally restrained, simply supported square slab under uniform loading. The range of loading considered is from zero load to the load at which yielding first commences in the steel reinforcement.

This problem is first formulated using the classical large deflection theory of homogeneous plates. This formulation is based on a constant overall stiffness for the entire slab.

A modified large deflection theory is next developed for reinforced concrete slabs. In this theory concrete on the tension side of the neutral surface is neglected throughout the slab and the orthogonal steel reinforcement is assumed to be in a state of uniaxial stress and strain. The restrained slab problem is then formulated using this modified large deflection theory.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Civil Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Civil Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Cornie Leonard Hulsbos

Second Committee Member

Gerald William May

Third Committee Member

J. V. Lewis

Fourth Committee Member

Eugene Milton Zwoyer

Fifth Committee Member

James Tsu-Ping Yao

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