Reinforced Concrete Slab Column Structures

This book presents a review of the whole field of flat plates and slab-column structures, also known as beamless structures, encompassing their analysis, design and detailed construction from both the theoretical and practical aspects. Methods of analysis and design for slabs and entire slab-column structures are compared and assessed both for elastic and post-elastic phases with recommendations for practical use. The review and comparison of the techniques of design for joints between slabs and columns together with test results presents the reader with a choice of applications. The outline of international construction solutions used in monolithic prefabricated structures, including lift-slab structures, includes examples of real buildings and provides a wealth of information for designers. An integral part of the book consists of tables and nomograms for the direct calculation of bending moments, deflections and support reactions in slabs locally supported.
 
This book presents a review of the whole field of flat plates and slab-column structures, also known as beamless structures, encompassing their analysis, design and detailed construction from both the theoretical and practical aspects. Methods of analysis and design for slabs and entire slab-column structures are compared and assessed both for elastic and post-elastic phases with recommendations for practical use. The review and comparison of the techniques of design for joints between slabs and columns together with test results presents the reader with a choice of applications. The outline of international construction solutions used in monolithic prefabricated structures, including lift-slab structures, includes examples of real buildings and provides a wealth of information for designers. An integral part of the book consists of tables and nomograms for the direct calculation of bending moments, deflections and support reactions in slabs locally supported.