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Serviceability Performance of Material Efficient Concrete Structures

 Serviceability Performance of Material Efficient Concrete Structures
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Sustainable Infrastructure - Environment Friendly, Safe and Resource Efficient, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 September 2009, published in , pp. 28-37
DOI: 10.2749/222137809796088990
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This paper deals with some basic features of optimized reinforced concrete structures. For orthogonal mesh reinforced panels with given boundary conditions and given outer geometry, the theoretical...
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Author(s):
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Sustainable Infrastructure - Environment Friendly, Safe and Resource Efficient, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 September 2009
Published in:
Page(s): 28-37 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 28-37
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.2749/222137809796088990
Abstract:

This paper deals with some basic features of optimized reinforced concrete structures. For orthogonal mesh reinforced panels with given boundary conditions and given outer geometry, the theoretical criterion for a material efficient (optimized) structural layout is established. The criterion is based on a lower bound plasticity design approach. Subsequently, by using the principle of minimum complementary elastic energy, it is shown that for optimized panels, there is a close relationship between the stress distribution in the fully cracked elastic state and the stress distribution used in the ultimate limit state. It is discussed how this finding may be used for serviceability analysis of optimized structures.

Keywords:
Optimized concrete structures fully cracked elastic state serviceability performance