This paper reports the main results of a parametric analysis which is based on the calculation of stresses on concrete and steel of r.c. rectangular sections subjected to bending under quasi-permanent and characteristic loads. Two calculation methods are used: a general method and a simplified one, namely the n-method. The main parameters that influence the calculation of stresses are then discussed and the differences that are produced by the n-method using the classical values found in literature compared with the general method are evaluated. By varying only some of the involved parameters, appropriate new values of the modular ratio, called ‘improved modular ratios’, are determined and two equations for the assessment of the improved modular ratios are proposed, one for each considered load combination. In this way, applying the ‘‘improved’’ n-method, it is possible to calculate the stresses on concrete and steel with good accuracy.

The improved n-method for the calculation of stresses in service / Taliano, Maurizio. - In: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE. - ISSN 1464-4177. - STAMPA. - 10:(2009), pp. 3-13.

The improved n-method for the calculation of stresses in service

TALIANO, Maurizio
2009

Abstract

This paper reports the main results of a parametric analysis which is based on the calculation of stresses on concrete and steel of r.c. rectangular sections subjected to bending under quasi-permanent and characteristic loads. Two calculation methods are used: a general method and a simplified one, namely the n-method. The main parameters that influence the calculation of stresses are then discussed and the differences that are produced by the n-method using the classical values found in literature compared with the general method are evaluated. By varying only some of the involved parameters, appropriate new values of the modular ratio, called ‘improved modular ratios’, are determined and two equations for the assessment of the improved modular ratios are proposed, one for each considered load combination. In this way, applying the ‘‘improved’’ n-method, it is possible to calculate the stresses on concrete and steel with good accuracy.
2009
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