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Appendix B: Definitions and Abbreviations
Pages 283-286

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... Stiffened Slab. A slab which will not deflect excessively when subjected to the design conditions; such a slab rests on and moves with volume changes in the soil9 and supports the entire structure.
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... C= (/allow E E' kips ksf K1 K2 K3 L L' d = Effective depth of stiffening beams in Type III slab (i.e., distance from center of bottom reinforcing steel to top of slab)
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... Total dead and live load of slab reduced to uniform load per unit area (psfl. Ws = Total average dead and live superstructure load (psf)
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Key Terms

  • iii slab
  • moisture content
  • stiffening beam
  • running parallel
  • beams running

  • reinforcing steel
  • volume changes
  • support index
  • effective depth
  • superstructure load

  • shear force
  • bottom reinforcing
  • concrete beam
  • slab dimension
  • steel ratio

  • force tipsy
  • increased value
  • deflection differential
  • compressible soils
  • plastic limit

  • testing laboratory
  • shear stress
  • allowable steel
  • kips ksf
  • steel design

  • sem solid
  • total dead
  • lesser volume
  • allowable shear
  • wire fabric


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