A FLEXURAL METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE PUNCHING CAPACITY OF UNBONDED POST-TENSIONED FLAT SLABS AT INTERNAL COLUMNS.

Keywords: QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST, DR I G DORAN BELFAST, FLEXURAL, METHODS, PREDICTION, PUNCHING, CAPACITY, UNBONDED, POST TENSIONED, FLAT, SLABS, INTERNAL, COLUMNS, TESTS, CONNECTIONS, GRAVITY, LOADS, PURE, FAILURES, MOMENTS, RUPTURES, CONCRETE, ZONES, COMPRESSION, CORRELATION, ENHANCING, COMPRESSIVE, ACTION, MEMBRANES, DESIGN, TRANSFER, CONFIGURATION, CALCULATIONS, COMBINED, LOADS, STRESS, STRENGTH, FINITE ELEMENTS, RESISTANCE, MODELS, FORCES, TENSION, RADIUS, CURVES, EQUATIONS, BENDING, DISTRIBUTION, CRACKING, REDISTRIBUTION, ECCENTRICITY