Punching strength of reinforced concrete flat slabs without shear reinforcement

Punching strength is a critical point in the design of flat slabs and due to the lack of a theoretical method capable of explaining this phenomenon, empirical formulations presented by codes of practice are still the most used method to check the bearing capacity of slab-column connections. This pap...

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Main Authors: P. V. P. Sacramento, M. P. Ferreira, D. R. C. Oliveira, G. S. S. A. Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)
Series:Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952012000500005&lng=en&tlng=en