A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Design, Specification and Failure Investigation of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Ground Bearing Industrial Floors and Hardstandings and Pile Suspended Industrial Ground Floors
This paper discusses the significant observations of the Author’s involvement in the design and failure investigation of many fibre concrete floors and pavements over the last two decades. Serviceability failures of ground bearing industrial floors are more common than overloading. Nonetheless the extension of the related thickness design methodologies to hardstandings often fails to adequately recognise that the dominant failure mechanism is fatigue; such designs remain empirical but lack comprehensive substantiating trial data. Some methods of suspended fibre concrete floor design misrepresent the true global factor of safety, although full-scale load testing demonstrates that structural performance is not well represented by standard beam tests, and the true global factor of safety is close to that required by typical industry standard guidance.
Design, Specification and Failure Investigation of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Ground Bearing Industrial Floors and Hardstandings and Pile Suspended Industrial Ground Floors
This paper discusses the significant observations of the Author’s involvement in the design and failure investigation of many fibre concrete floors and pavements over the last two decades. Serviceability failures of ground bearing industrial floors are more common than overloading. Nonetheless the extension of the related thickness design methodologies to hardstandings often fails to adequately recognise that the dominant failure mechanism is fatigue; such designs remain empirical but lack comprehensive substantiating trial data. Some methods of suspended fibre concrete floor design misrepresent the true global factor of safety, although full-scale load testing demonstrates that structural performance is not well represented by standard beam tests, and the true global factor of safety is close to that required by typical industry standard guidance.
Design, Specification and Failure Investigation of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Ground Bearing Industrial Floors and Hardstandings and Pile Suspended Industrial Ground Floors
RILEM Bookseries
Serna, Pedro (editor) / Llano-Torre, Aitor (editor) / Martí-Vargas, José R. (editor) / Navarro-Gregori, Juan (editor) / Peaston, Chris H. (author)
RILEM-fib International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete ; 2021 ; Valencia, Spain
Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Improvements and Innovations II ; Chapter: 59 ; 690-701
RILEM Bookseries ; 36
2021-09-05
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Concrete industrial ground floors
British Library Online Contents | 1995
Concrete industrial ground floors
Online Contents | 1995
Industrial concrete ground floors
Online Contents | 1994
Concrete Industrial Ground Floors
NTIS | 1988