Deformation-dependent punching shear resistance often constitutes the decisive design criterion for reinforced concrete slabs supported by columns. The increasing number of aging structures exhibiting insufficient punching resistance and detailing deficien ...
The bond properties between concrete and steel reinforcement influence structural stiffness and deformation behavior as a result of tension stiffening. In specific cases, the load-bearing capacity of engineering structures depends on the deformation behavi ...
The conversion of existing buildings, development of standards, material deterioration and detailing deficiencies have led to a need for strengthening an increasing number of concrete flat slabs against brittle punching shear failure. However, existing ana ...
An experimental study of full-scale reinforced concrete flat slabs crosswise strengthened with prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) straps against punching shear was performed. The effects of two strap anchoring systems and of slab thickness ...
The unloading of reinforced concrete slabs results in residual slab rotations and reloading to the same load results in irreversible rotation increases. Unloading and reloading (UR) cycles applied to non-strengthened and strengthened flat slabs may thus af ...
Punching shear resistance usually constitutes the decisive design criterion for reinforced concrete flat slabs supported by columns. Modeling approaches based on Kinnunen and Nylander's rotation-symmetric sector model, such as the Quadrilinear Sector Model ...
Three different carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) systems were used to reinforce new or strengthen existing concrete slabs against punching. Untensioned CFRP plates or only very low prestressed CFRP straps could not prevent brittle punching failure. S ...