Limit capacity of laterally restrained reinforced concrete floor slabs in fire

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-140

  Usmani, A S ^a   Cameron, N J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Large deflections; Laterally restrained RC slabs in fire; Limit capacity; Thermal bowing; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

THERMAL BOWING; THERMAL STRAIN;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0344740907     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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