Research Article
Designing Laterally Loaded RC Stiffened Plates: Energy Balance Concept
Table 2
Variation of the moment-field with the beam depth (results from the FEM model).
| | Moment-manipulator, | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| | Span/depth ratio of the beam | 30.00 | 25.00 | 20.79 | 17.31 | 14.41 | 12.00 | | Plate moment, , kNm/m | 93.07 | 47.19 | 35.20 | 25.40 | 19.40 | 15.27 | | (×103 lb-in/in) | (448.70) | (227.51) | (169.71) | (122.46) | (93.53) | (73.62) | | Beam moment, , kNm | 0.00 | 765.0 | 930.0 | 1067.0 | 1168.0 | 1232.0 | | (×106 lb-in) | (0.00) | (134.11) | (163.03) | (187.05) | (204.75) | (215.97) |
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