University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Effective Width of Floor Systems for Application in Seismic Analysis

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

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SRS-486.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/14093

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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
Date of Ingest
2009-10-27T19:16:15Z
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
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14093
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Science Foundation Grants ENV 77-07190 and PFR 80-02582

Owning Collections

Civil Engineering Studies: Structural Research Series PRIMARY