Flat slab thickness required to satisfy serviceability including early age construction loads

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 700-707

  Ofosu Asamoah, K ^a   Gardner, N J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Construction loads; Design aids; Flat slabs; Long term deflections; Serviceability

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUILDING CODES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; YIELD STRESS;

FLAT SLABS;

CONCRETE SLABS;

EID: 0031276261     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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