A slab-on-grade foundation is a concrete pad poured directly on the ground to support a house, offering a durable and ...

The theory presented in this chapter extends the ultimate load analysis of structures, begun in Chapter 18 for beams and frames, to reinforced concrete slabs. Structural engineers, before the ...

Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in ...

The Institution of Structural Engineers has unveiled crucial guidelines addressing a knowledge gap in the design of reinforced concrete transfer slabs. Transfer slabs are pivotal in carrying loads ...

The main test floor of the Structures Laboratory is a heavily reinforced concrete slab providing 8400 sq ft (780 sq m) of useable test area. This area is serviced by two 25 ton (222 kN) overhead ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...