Span/thickness limitations for deflection control

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-203, Issue , 2001, Pages 95-114

  Gardner, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Code provisions; Deflections; Long term deflections; Serviceability

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHRINKAGE;

CONCRETE CRACKING; CONSTRUCTION LOADS; DEFLECTION CONTROL; LOAD HISTORY; MAXIMUM SPANS; REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBER; SERVICE LOADS; SHRINKAGE AND CREEP;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES);

EID: 54949087314     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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