In today’s market, it is imperative to be knowledgeable and have an edge over the competition. ACI members have it…they are engaged, informed, and stay up to date by taking advantage of benefits that ACI membership provides them.
Read more about membership
Learn More
Become an ACI Member
Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, the American Concrete Institute is a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, dissemination, and adoption of its consensus-based standards, technical resources, educational programs, and proven expertise for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design, construction, and materials, who share a commitment to pursuing the best use of concrete.
American Concrete Institute 38800 Country Club Dr. Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3439 USA
Phone: 1.248.848.3700 Fax: 1.248.848.3701 Staff Directory
Email Support
Feedback via Email Phone: 1.248.848.3800
Home > Publications > International Concrete Abstracts Portal
The International Concrete Abstracts Portal is an ACI led collaboration with leading technical organizations from within the international concrete industry and offers the most comprehensive collection of published concrete abstracts.
Title: The Calculation of Deflections of Reinforced Concrete Members -A Rational Approach
Author(s): Heinrich Trost
Publication: Special Publication
Volume: 76
Issue:
Appears on pages(s): 89-108
Keywords: beams (supports); cracking (fracturing); creep elasticity; moments of inerti bending moments; concre properties; deflection; a; reinforced concrete; te slabs; modulus of shrinkage; structural analysis.
Date: 10/1/1982
Abstract:The proposed calculation procedure is based on a reference deflection at the interesting point of the uncracked concrete member. This reference deflection is calculated on the basis of the existing distribution of the gross section stiffness-in analogy to the usual determination of the design forces in statically indeterminate systems-- as available from tables or handbooks. Then this reference value, either for the maximum service load or for the sustained load when time-dependent effects are concerned, is multiplied by reinforcement-dependent coefficients given in figures or calculable from closed formulae in order to obtain the initial deflection and the time-dependent deflection due to creep and shrinkage. The probable deflection, as the prognostic value of interest and in which the deflection-reducing effect of the reinforcement and the tension stiffening is considered, is determined by interpolation between the deflections in the limit states according to the acting moment level.
Click here to become an online Journal subscriber