TR43 Post-tensioned concrete floors - design handbook. Product code: TR43. Brand: Concrete Society. This updated 2nd edition reflects the growth in the use of post-tensioned concrete floors in buildings in the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore and Europe, and, notably, in the USA. It also updates recommendations to the requirements of.

SCOTT Concrete Society Technical Report No. 43 TR.043 Published 1994 ISBN 0 946691 45 2 Published by The Concrete Society No. 3, Eatongate Slough SL1 2JA Further copies may be obtained from Publication Sales, The Concrete Soaety Q The Concrete Society 1994 All rights reserved, except as permitted under current legislation. No part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of copyright owner.

Enquiries should be addressed to The Concrete Society. Although The Concrete Society (limited by guarantee) does its best to ensure that any advice, reco-mmendations or information ii may give either in this publication or elsewhere is accurate, no liability or responsibility of any kind (including liability for negligence) howsoever and from whatsoever cause arising, is accepted in this respect by the Society, its servants or agents. CONCRETE SOCXET'II TECHNICAL REPORT - POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE FLOORS DESIGN HANDBOOK This Technical Report was prepared by a Working Party of the Society's Design Group which is one of the specialist technical groups within The Technical Development Cen:re. Members of the Working Party M E Raiis (Convenor) MA. PhD,CEng, MICE, MIStructE ROW& Benaim and Asmiates G A Bell BSc, CEng, MICE CCL Syslems Ltd PW Swift Smcrures Ltd Matthew BE, MSc, MIE AusL R T Whitde MA(Cdnmb), CEn& MICE Ove Arup and Partners ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During the drafting of this report the working party received a large number of helpful commenrrc from members of the industry. Assistance in preparation of the report by the following members of Arup Research and Development is gratefully acknowledged: Kate Benton, Ian Feltham, Jonathan F ~ n c hGeoff, Lavender, Paula Youngs. Intmduction 1.1 Advantages of post-tensioned floors 12 Sltuctural types considered 1.4 Bonded ar unbonded tendons 1.5 Analytical techniques 2.1 Effecrs of pascess 2.2 One-way and two-way spanning flmrs 2.3 Flexure in one-way flmrs - Flexure in fIat slab (hvo-way r p n g ) 2.4...:, 2.5 2.4.1.shear ~.

3.1 33 Fkt slab critehi2 Column layout.. ':Floor i h i c b and types.. 33 '.?:, Effect of reshaint to floor shortening.

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