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KB 001623 | Nonlinear Calculation of a Floor Slab Made of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete in the Ultimate Limit State with RFEM
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Steel fiber reinforced concrete is nowadays mainly used for industrial floors or hall floors, for foundation plates with low loads, basement walls and basement floors. Since the publication of the first guideline by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete (DAfStb) about steel fiber reinforced concrete in 2010, the structural engineer can use standards for the design of the composite material steel fiber reinforced concrete, which makes the use of fiber reinforced concrete increasingly popular in construction. This article describes the nonlinear calculation of a foundation plate made of steel fiber reinforced concrete in the ultimate limit state with the FEA software RFEM.
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Dlubal Knowledge Base Steel fiber reinforced concrete Foundation plate Floor slab High-bay warehouse Industrial floor Fiber reinforced concrete Post-cracking tensile strength Performance class Dlubal KB Knowledge Base Technical contribution to Dlubal Software
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