THE PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE BEAMS, CONSISTING OF STEEL JOISTS ENCASED IN CONCRETE, UNDER DIRECT AND SUSTAINED LOADING.

Keywords: BEAMS, COMPOSITE, PROPERTIES, JOISTS, STEEL, CONCRETE, LOADING, DIRECT, SUSTAINED, TESTING, STRESS, CALCULATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, SECTIONS, STRAIN, DISTRIBUTION, MOMENTS, DEFLECTION, CRACKS, SURFACE, FAILURES, TENSILE, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, SHRINKAGE, YIELD, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCTURAL, BUILDINGS, RESERVOIRS, MULTI STOREY, BRIDGES, STRENGTHENING, RODS, REINFORCEMENT, CORROSION, PROTECTION, ENCASEMENT, CREEP, MATERIALS, BENDING, BONDS, FLEXURAL, CURVES, THEORY, ELASTIC, FORCES, ANCHORAGES, PLATES, REINFORCED