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SUMMARY:So you think you can do yield line calculations?  Automated plasti
 c analysis of general reinforced concrete slabs - Andrew Jackson (CUED)
DTSTART:20091023T140000Z
DTEND:20091023T150000Z
UID:TALK20957@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Katerina Ondrova
DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate engineers at Cambridge are all taught how to use
  plasticity theory and yield-line calculations to predict the load that du
 ctile slabs can carry before they collapses in flexure.  The method works 
 well for simple exam questions\, and it can produce much more accurate res
 ults than the conservative elastic methods often used by practicing engine
 ers.  However\, when using yield line analysis on real reinforced concrete
  slabs with complex geometries\, engineers are often concerned about the p
 ossibility of producing unsafe results.  This talk presents a new safe and
  accurate method for performing plastic flexural analysis on real slabs.\n
 \n \n\nThe new method retains the simplicity and rigour of traditional pla
 stic analysis whilst harnessing modern computational techniques to produce
  highly accurate solutions.  Unlike previous plastic methods\, close lower
  and upper bounds to the theoretical plastic collapse load are identified.
   Unlike many other computational methods\, the results can be easily unde
 rstood and checked by hand.\n\n \n
LOCATION:Engineering Department -LR6
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