Effective Width of Floor Systems for Application in Seismic Analysis

Coctran, F.S.; Hall, W.J.

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Title

Effective Width of Floor Systems for Application in Seismic Analysis

Author(s)

• Coctran, F.S.
• Hall, W.J.

Issue Date

1980-02

Keyword(s)

• Earthquake engineering
• Floor systems

Abstract

Effective width coefficients for floor systems have been developed for use in the analysis of frames subjected to lateral seismic loads. The results cover a wide range of the governing nondimensional parameters, and are applicable to floor slabs with supporting beams as well as to flat slabs. The effective width coefficients were derived from a parametric study of typical interior panels of floor systems using elastic finite element analysis. An example of the application of the use of the results in seismic analysis of low-rise building frames is presented.

Publisher

University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Civil Engineering Studies SRS-486

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

National Science Foundation Grants ENV 77-07190 and PFR 80-02582

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