Title:
Punching of flat plates--A question of concrete properties in biaxial compression and size effect
Author(s):
CARL ERIK BROMS
Publication:
Structural Journal
Volume:
87
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
292-304
Keywords:
deflection; deformation; failure mechanisms; loads (forces); flat concrete plates; punching shear; reinforced concrete; structural design; Structural Research
DOI:
10.14359/2624
Date:
3/1/1990
Abstract:
Presents a design method to predict the punching strength and deflection of flat plates at interior columns. Failure is assumed to occur when the compression zone of the slab in the vicinity of the column is distressed by either a high radial compression stress or by a high tangential compression strain. Size effects and the effect of increasing concrete brittleness with increasing strength are both considered. The method shows excellent agreement with results from punching tests reported in the literature, with conditions ranging from ductile flexural failures to brittle punching failures, from small test specimens to a full-sized structure, from symmetrical to unsymmetrical loadings, and from low to high concrete strengths and reinforcement ratios.