12/10/2010

ACI-Recommendations For Design Of Slab-Column Connections

http://www.cadfamily.com/downinfo/302819.html

Connection-The joint plus the region of the slab and beams adjacent to the joint.
Column-A cast-in-place vertical supporting element,including column capital if provided, with or without construction joints,designed to resist forces from the slab at the connection,and having a ratio of long to short cross-sectional dimensions not exceeding four.
Column capital-A flared portion of the column below the slab, cast at the same time as the slab,and having effecfive plan dimensions assumed equal to the smaller of the actual dimensions and the part of the capital lying within the largest right circular cone or pyramid with a 90-deg vertex that can be included within the outlines of the supporting column.

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