I recently gave a presentation in a session at the ACI Fall Convention on "Recent Developments in Two-way Slabs: Design, Analysis, Construction, and Evaluation". The session, in reality, turned out to be mostly aimed at shear problemns in slabs (which…
For IABSE 2014, I published the first paper about the theoretical work about the Modified Bond Model from my dissertation. The abstract of the paper is: The shear problem is typically studied by testing small, heavily reinforced, slender beams subjected…
The fourth proposition of my dissertation is the following:The shear capacity of reinforced concrete members near to continuous supports is at least equal to the shear capacity near to simple supports, contrarily to the recommendations of NEN6720:1995or in Dutch:De dwarskrachtcapaciteit…
The third proposition of my dissertation is the following:The very large redistribution capacity of slabs is demonstrated, amongst others, by carrying out experiments on severely damaged and locally failed specimens that led, on average, to a capacity of about 80%…
The second proposition of my dissertation is the following:By combining two-way quadrants and one-way strips, the Modified Bond Model bridges the gap between the one-way and two-way shear approaches.or in Dutch (as the propositions are in English and Dutch:Door in…
The first proposition of my dissertation is the following:The two-dimenional shear-carrying behaviour of one-way slabs under concentrated loads close to supports should be treated differently than the one-dimensional shear-caryring behaviour of beams.or in Dutch (as the propositions are in English…
I recently presented a overview of the recommendations for shear assessment from my PhD research at Concrete 2013 in Gold Coast, Australia. In this paper and presentation, we looked at the our experiments, and how these led to the recommendations…
Our paper "Shear in One-Way Slabs under Concentrated Load Close to Support" is now available online at the website of the American Concrete Institute and will be published in the March/April 2013 version of the ACI Structural Journal.Getting this paper…
Last month, I presented a paper at the ASCE Structures Congress 2011. The full paper is published in the conference proceedings, as well as online in the ASCE library. The abstract of the paper is: When assessing the capacity of…
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