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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This research is dedicated to correct the Short Term of concrete Flat
Slab deflection calculated based Branson equation used in both on ACI 318 code
and ECB-207 code, Due to linear material behavior, sudden reduction of
Effective inertia after cracking and 1D action of this equation(was conducted
after studies in simply supported beams), calculated deflection from this equation is vastly overestimated
form actual behavior, so a correction factor for deflection calculated From Branson equation is the main objective
for this research. After verification of ABAQUS Software as FEM Simulation of
Flat slab behavior, a parametric study is conducted to Make a charts for the
correction Factor of deflection calculated using Branson equation. Assuming that
Fc’=30mpa And Fy=400mpa, A parametric study is made on total of 75 Square
simply supported Flat slab, Those slabs are modeled using both SAFE (using
ACI-318 Cracking Criteria) And ABAQUS (Using CPDM Behavior for Concrete model)
to Present Load Deflection Difference of Each case on each model, then
Normalized Deflection (∆cracked/∆ABAQUS) is calculated for each λ (Mact/Mcr) to
represent the different ratios of corrections over variance of super imposed
dead load on slab. Finally 15 charts were presented for different cases of
lower& top reinforcement ratios to correct the deflection calculated From
CSISAFE (Using ACI318 Equation and Cracking Criteria).
Country : Egypt