Tension stiffening in lightly reinforced concrete beams or slabs containing either steel or FRP reinforcement

Progress in Mechanics of Structures and Materials - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM19

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 659-665

  Gilbert, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; CRACK CONTROL; FRP REINFORCEMENT; LIGHTLY REINFORCED CONCRETES; SERVICE LOADS; TENSION STIFFENING;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE SLABS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STIFFNESS;

MECHANICS;

EID: 84857211720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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