Effects of edge restraint on slab behavior. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5488230

Guice, L K

This study was performed in conjunction with a Federal Emergency Management Agency program to plan, design, and construct keyworker blast shelters which would be used in high-risk areas of the country during and after a nuclear attack. The shelters considered in this study were box-type structures in which damage is much more likely to occur in the roof slab than in the walls or floor. In this part of the program, the effect of edge restraint on slab behavior was investigated. The primary objective was to determine the effects of partial rotational restraint on slab strength, ductility, and mechanism of failure. Sixteen one-way, reinforced concrete plate elements were tested in a reaction structure under uniform static water pressure.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (USA). Structures Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5488230
• Report Number(s): AD-A-167447/2/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CIVIL DEFENSE
SHELTERS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
ROOFS
SLABS
TESTING
US FEMA
EMERGENCY PLANS
DUCTILITY
PLATES
REINFORCED CONCRETE
ROTATION
WALLS
WATER
BUILDING MATERIALS
CONCRETES
EXPLOSIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MOTION
NATIONAL DEFENSE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REINFORCED MATERIALS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
US ORGANIZATIONS
990500* - Civilian Defense- (-1987)