Usage of prestressed vertical bolts for retrofitting flat slabs damaged due to punching shear

Sometimes, due to design mistakes or a change in the construction function results in heavier or additional loads, a flat slab may be failed by punching shear which is considered as a brittle failure. A lot of research work has been carried with the objectives of strengthening existing flat slabs ag...

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Main Author: Hamed S. Askar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111001681500085X