Probabilistic assessment of ACI 318 minimum thickness requirements for one-way members

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-351

  Choi, Bong Seob ^c   Oh, Byung Hwan ^a   Scanlon, Andrew ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Deflection; Reinforced concrete; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

SPAN-DEPTH RATIO;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0036590267     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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