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CONCEPT OF EFFECTIVE FLANGE WIDTHOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
When a portion of the topping slab and the projecting beam function as a single unit in resisting the flexural positive moment, a virtual Tsection may be produced and taken into consideration during the design process of a reinforced concrete (RC) beam. Based on an extensive overview of the controlling parameters adopted by different design standards for calculating the effective flange width of the T-section, 15 design codes were considered: ACI 318-14, ASC 2004, AS 3600-2017, BNBC 2015, BS 8110-1:1997, CSA A23,3-04, ECP 203-2018, Eurocode 8-2004, IRAQ 1-78, IS 456:2000, JSCE 2007, MS 2010, NZS 3101:2006, TS 500, and SBC 304-2007. Many researchers have tried to identify the governing parameters of the effective flange width for T-beams. Both the theory of elasticity and the theory of folded plates were used in the analysis, considering the minimum energy principle, stress criterion, or deflection consideration.