An approach to verify the reinforcement in two dimensional concrete structures reinforced by families of bars disposed in arbitrary directions. Part II. Plates and Shells

Abstract

This paper is an extension of a previous one, what was dedicated to the study of the problem of design/verification of reinforcement in two-dimensional concrete structures subjected to in plane forces. Here, the verification of the reinforcement of two-dimensional concrete structures subjected to out-of-plan actions (plates and shells) is reviewed.
The presented verification procedure allow us to handle important situations that often appear in reinforced concrete structures. such as reinforcement at plate cornes. combination of in-plane forces and bending stresses occurring at function of cantilever and webs in continuous bridge box sections. The usual alternatives to treat these cases are based oo heuristic procedures or semi-empirical formulae as the Wood.
The analysis can be carried out by the use of a simple computer program. The output of this program includes the diagrams of stresses and strains for each of the bar reinforcement families and the principal stresses in the as function of the load amplification factor: Iii this way it is possible to find the safety factor at a point of the reinforced concrete strutcture