Elastic analysis of ground-floor slabs under multiple loads

Abbas, AA; Pavlovic, MN; Kotsovos, MD

dc.contributor.author	Abbas, AA	en
dc.contributor.author	Pavlovic, MN	en
dc.contributor.author	Kotsovos, MD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:26:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:26:16Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0965-0911	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/17976
dc.subject	Concrete structures	en
dc.subject	Slabs & plates	en
dc.subject	Stress analysis	en
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.other	Concrete construction	en
dc.subject.other	Deflection (structures)	en
dc.subject.other	Finite element method	en
dc.subject.other	Stress analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Structural loads	en
dc.subject.other	Corner bisectors	en
dc.subject.other	Slabs & plates	en
dc.subject.other	Floors	en
dc.subject.other	Concrete construction	en
dc.subject.other	Deflection (structures)	en
dc.subject.other	Finite element method	en
dc.subject.other	Floors	en
dc.subject.other	Stress analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Structural loads	en
dc.subject.other	concrete structure	en
dc.subject.other	elasticity	en
dc.subject.other	slab	en
dc.subject.other	stress analysis	en
dc.title	Elastic analysis of ground-floor slabs under multiple loads	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1680/stbu.2007.160.3.151	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/stbu.2007.160.3.151	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	The design of ground- floor slabs focuses mainly on single- load cases applied at the centre, edge and corner of the slab. The need for extending existing guidelines that allow for the effect of multiple loads, and for the effect of loads being at some distance from the three aforementioned locations, is fundamental for both safety and economy, and is increasingly recognised in the industry. Some elastic guidelines, which date back nearly a century ago, do exist but they are incomplete, cumbersome and generally little known. In the present paper, a new set of influence lines ( previous data really refer to certain stress contours) is proposed for both stresses and deflections owing to loads moving along the centrelines, edges and corner bisectors. These diagrams are based on linear finite element analysis ( LFEA), and thus allow the use of direct superposition to accommodate any number of applied loads. Non-linearities and/ or plastic methods are outside the scope of this paper.	en
heal.publisher	THOMAS TELFORD PUBLISHING	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1680/stbu.2007.160.3.151	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000247021800005	en
dc.identifier.volume	160	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	151	en
dc.identifier.epage	164	en