Extended Strip Model for Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Concentrated Loads
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
In the latest issue of the ACI Structural Journal, my collaborators and myself have published a paper titled "Extended Strip Model for Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Concentrated Loads." This paper introduces the plastic design model for reinforced concrete slabs under concentrated loads close to supports that I developed in my PhD thesis (see also this post). Close to my graduation date, I talked to a Canadian colleague who was in touch with the original author of the Bond Model, and we started to exchange ideas on the model shortly afterwards. After a meeting at a conference a year later, and some additional research we fine-tuned some details of the model. Life as a starting faculty member left me with little time to continue working on this project, and only when I received an USFQ Chancellor Grant to finish the paper we started in 2013, I committed fully to finish this research project.