RELIABILITY OF THE USE OF CODES OF PRACTICES DEFLECTION EQUATIONS TO COMPUTE THE SHORT TIME DEFLECTION

Document Type : Research Paper

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Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Abstract

There is remarkably little agreement in the literature, regarding the codes of practice formulae of predicting deflections in reinforced concrete beams. Therefore, it was decided to carry-out tests on beams made of higher-strength steels and concretes. In this paper, typical experimental results are presented and discussed. Comparisons of the results with values predicted analytically by using various codes of practices are given.

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