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Mr. Kelly Covert, P.E., M.ASCE

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RE: Spall Repair of Control Joints in Floor Slab

Posted By Kelly Covert 10-18-2018 07:48 AM
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One possible cause is if the slab edges have curled up (if so it probably occurred as the slab dried ~18 years ago), resulting in the joints being the high spots in the floor. Put a level across the joints to check for this. If the slab edges are curled up then the sweeping/scrubbing/polishing and lift/dolly ...

RE: finite element analysis of slab vs traditional hand calculation

Posted By Kelly Covert 06-13-2017 09:39 AM
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What is the spacing of the beams? If the beams are regularly spaced I would normally analyze a structure of this type as continuous multi-span one-way slabs supported by simply-supported T-beams. Do the slabs vary in thickness because the slab spans vary? If you can, make the slab spans equal and ...