Title: Yield-Line Design of Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Balconies

Author(s): Aron Zaslavsky and Chaim H. Avraham

Publication: Journal Proceedings

Volume: 67

Issue: 1

Appears on pages(s): 53-56

Keywords: balconies; concrete slabs; deflection;limit design method; reinforced concrete; research;structural analysis; uniform loads; yield-line method.

DOI: 10.14359/7258

Date: 1/1/1970

Abstract:
A yield-line design is presented for rectangular balconies fixed along two adjacent edges and subiected to uniformly distributed loads. Full-scale tests of 10 slabs ( with varying span and reinforcement ratios) confirmed the correctness of the predicted collapse mechanisms, the actual collapse loads being higher than the predicted ones due to membrane action. The proposed design method includes deflection control by specifying minimum depth, cutting off of reinforcement as well as an economic assumption of the reinforcement ratios.