Designing Laterally Loaded RC Stiffened Plates: Energy Balance Concept

Table 1

Variation of the moment field with the plate parameter (results from the proposed model).

Moment manipulator, λ	0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0
Plate moment, 𝑚𝑢𝑥, kNm/m	89.14	43.83	29.61	22.50	18.21	15.32
(×10^3 lb-in/in)	(429.75)	(211.31)	(142.75)	(108.47)	(87.79)	(73.86)
Stiffening beam moment, 𝑚𝑏, kNm	0.00	700.0	944.6	1077.0	1162.0	1221.0
(×10^6 lb-in)	(0.00)	(122.71)	(165.59)	(188.80)	(203.70)	(214.04)