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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786637603321

Titolo

Advances in concrete slab technology : proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Slabs held at Dundee University, 3-6 April 1979 / / edited by Ravindra K. Dhir and John G. L. Munday ; organized by Civil Engineering Department, Dundee University

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Pergamon Press, , 1980

©1980

ISBN

1-4831-8865-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (804 p.)

Disciplina

624.1/834

Soggetti

Concrete slabs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Advances in Concrete Slab Technology; Copyright Page; Foreword; Organising Committee; Table of Contents; WELCOMING ADDRESS; OPENING ADDRESS; Section 1. Concrete and its Constituent Materials; CHAPTER 1. CONCRETE AND ITS CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; CHAPTER 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS USE IN CONCRETE SLABS; INTRODUCTION; MIX DESIGN FOR WIRAND CONCRETE AND MORTAR; MIXING, TRANSPORTING, PLACING AND FINISHING; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; FIELD INSTALLATIONS; CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN TECHNIQUES; ECONOMICS

CURRENT PROJECTS AND USESACKNOWLEDGEMENT; CHAPTER 3. INFLUENCE OF STEEL FIBRE-REINFORCEMENT ON THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF SLAB-COLUMN CONNECTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME; TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. RIBBED SLABS MADE OF FERROCEMENT; INTRODUCTION; PROPOSAL FOR A NEW SLAB; PRELIMINARY RESEARCH; TEST RESULTS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5. USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS;



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 6. EFFECT OF REPEATED DOSAGES OF SUPER-PLASTICIZERS ON WORKABILITY, STRENGTH AND DURABILITY OF CONCRETEINTRODUCTION; CONCRETE MIXES; PREPARATION AND TESTING OF SPECIMENS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. FLOWING CONCRETE; INTRODUCTION; SUPERPLASTICIZERS STUDIED; PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE; TRANSPORT OF FLOWING CONCRETE; COMPACTION OF FLOWING CONCRETE; APPLICATIONS OF FLOWING CONCRETE; ECONOMY

CHAPTER 8. UTILIZING THE ADVANTAGES OF TYPE-K SHRINKAGE-COMPENSATING CEMENT CONCRETE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF SLAB DESIGNS-A REPORT COVERING FOURTEEN YEARS OF U.S.A. USAGEINTRODUCTION; HISTORY; FIELD DIMENSIONAL STABILITY TESTS; TYPE-K CEMENT CONCRETE PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; PLACEMENT METHODS; PLACEMENT TIPS FOR EXPANSIVE-CEMENT CONCRETE; FINISHING TIPS; CURING TIPS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. SULPHUR-TREATED CONCRETE SLABS; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME; TEST RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; Section 2: Structural Design

CHAPTER 10. STRUCTURAL DESIGNINTRODUCTION; ELASTIC METHODS OF ANALYSIS; PLASTIC METHODS OF ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ANISOTROPIC SLABS; INTRODUCTION; SLAB DESIGN CRITERIA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. SHORT-TIME DEFLECTIONS OF RECTANGULAR SIMPLY SUPPORTED RC SLABS; INTRODUCTION; NOTATION; PROPOSED METHOD; RESULTS AND COMPARISON; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 13. THE INFLUENCE OF BAR SPACING ON TENSION STIFFENING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS

Sommario/riassunto

Advances in Concrete Slab Technology documents the proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Slabs held at Dundee University on April 3-6, 1979. This book discusses the influence of steel fiber-reinforcement on the shear strength of slab-column connections; sulfur-treated concrete slabs; yield line analysis of orthotropicaly reinforced exterior panels of flat slab floors; and behavior of flat slab/edge column joints. The design of multiple panel flat slab structures; structural behavior of floor slabs in shear wall buildings; shrinkage and cracking of concrete at early ages; and