FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF RC BEAMS WITH LARGE OPENING AT CRITICAL FLEXURE AND SHEAR STRENGTHENED WITH CFRP LAMINATES

• Main Authors: Chin, S.C., Shafiq, N., Nuruddin, F
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7249/1/BITECH_2011_full_paper_1.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7249/

Pipes and ducts are provided to accommodate essential services that are required in a building, namely power supply, sewerage, air-conditioning, water supply, telephone cable and computer network. Traditionally, pipes and ducts are usually hung below the beams and formed a “dead space” in a building...