Direct assessment of safe strengths of RC slabs under membrane action

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1331-1338

  Eyre, John Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SAFETY FACTOR; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VISCOUS FLOW;

REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS;

CONCRETE SLABS;

EID: 0031256956     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1997)123:10(1331)     Document Type: Article

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