Internal arching action within top deck slab of a box girder / Abdullah Zaid Mohammed Zaid

Arching structures have been used in architecture and engineering for millennia for their aesthetic and to carry loads. More recently the internal arching in restrained reinforced concrete slab structures has also started to be utilised. The beneficial effect of internal arching or compressive membr...

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Main Author:	Mohammed Zaid, Abdullah Zaid
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Engineering design
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63927/1/63927.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.639272024-04-18T09:05:40Z Internal arching action within top deck slab of a box girder / Abdullah Zaid Mohammed Zaid 2019 Mohammed Zaid, Abdullah Zaid Engineering design Arching structures have been used in architecture and engineering for millennia for their aesthetic and to carry loads. More recently the internal arching in restrained reinforced concrete slab structures has also started to be utilised. The beneficial effect of internal arching or compressive membrane action (CMA) has been incorporated into some design and assessment codes and standards for beam and slab bridges within certain geometric parameters. Haunched slabs or slabs with larger span to depth ratio, as in typical box girders, are not covered in these codes. Thus, this study aims to utilise the internal arching action within the box girder top slab to optimise the deck design. Therefore, for the attainment of achieving the study goal, this research was subdivided into two main components. Firstly, to propose a practical theoretical approach for undertaking analysis of the box girder slabs utilising the Internal Arching Action. Secondly, to demonstrate the influence of Geometric Arching Action on the slab capacity via laboratory experimental work. The study also opts to differentiate between the slab's strength enhancement due to CMA and the Arching Action as the existing definitions are generic. The study determined the components contributing to the slab capacity under the arching action theory. The components are, the slab flexural capacity resulted from the reinforcement, the Frame Action (FA), the Geometric Arching Action(GAA), and lastly the CMA. From the experimental investigation, the influence of Geometric Arching Action was demonstrated and findings drawn. The proposed analyses showed significant reinforcement reduction by utilising the arching action theory in comparison to the current practice. Material savings of 45% of the slab reinforcement was achieved utilising the Internal Arching Action factors other than CMA, including the CMA the savings reached to about 55%. The analyses methods then were validated versus a full-scale experimental work from the literature and the results showed good agreement. The experimental work illustrates how the haunches significantly enhanced the slab capacity. The slab with small haunch increased the capacity by 125%) in comparison to the slab tested without haunches. The findings of the study demonstrated the Internal Arching Action contribution to the slab capacity and proposed a practical theoretical analysis method which easily can be adopted by engineers in the industry. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63927/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63927/1/63927.PDF text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Faculty of Civil Engineering Ibrahim, Azmi (Prof. Dr.)
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description	Arching structures have been used in architecture and engineering for millennia for their aesthetic and to carry loads. More recently the internal arching in restrained reinforced concrete slab structures has also started to be utilised. The beneficial effect of internal arching or compressive membrane action (CMA) has been incorporated into some design and assessment codes and standards for beam and slab bridges within certain geometric parameters. Haunched slabs or slabs with larger span to depth ratio, as in typical box girders, are not covered in these codes. Thus, this study aims to utilise the internal arching action within the box girder top slab to optimise the deck design. Therefore, for the attainment of achieving the study goal, this research was subdivided into two main components. Firstly, to propose a practical theoretical approach for undertaking analysis of the box girder slabs utilising the Internal Arching Action. Secondly, to demonstrate the influence of Geometric Arching Action on the slab capacity via laboratory experimental work. The study also opts to differentiate between the slab's strength enhancement due to CMA and the Arching Action as the existing definitions are generic. The study determined the components contributing to the slab capacity under the arching action theory. The components are, the slab flexural capacity resulted from the reinforcement, the Frame Action (FA), the Geometric Arching Action(GAA), and lastly the CMA. From the experimental investigation, the influence of Geometric Arching Action was demonstrated and findings drawn. The proposed analyses showed significant reinforcement reduction by utilising the arching action theory in comparison to the current practice. Material savings of 45% of the slab reinforcement was achieved utilising the Internal Arching Action factors other than CMA, including the CMA the savings reached to about 55%. The analyses methods then were validated versus a full-scale experimental work from the literature and the results showed good agreement. The experimental work illustrates how the haunches significantly enhanced the slab capacity. The slab with small haunch increased the capacity by 125%) in comparison to the slab tested without haunches. The findings of the study demonstrated the Internal Arching Action contribution to the slab capacity and proposed a practical theoretical analysis method which easily can be adopted by engineers in the industry.
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author	Mohammed Zaid, Abdullah Zaid
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title	Internal arching action within top deck slab of a box girder / Abdullah Zaid Mohammed Zaid
title_short	Internal arching action within top deck slab of a box girder / Abdullah Zaid Mohammed Zaid
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Internal arching action within top deck slab of a box girder / Abdullah Zaid Mohammed Zaid

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