Research Article
Development of Practical Finite Element Models for Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Structures and Experimental Validation
Table 1
Distribution of reinforcement in a quarter of a slab (Figure
2) of the test structure.
| Direction (see Figure 2) | Lines and separation | Length of reinforcement lines |
| Top layer reinforcement |
| direction | 2 lines @ | : to ; : to | 5 lines @ | : to ; : to | 2 lines @ | : to ; : to | 2 lines @ | : to ; : to | 6 lines @ | : to ; : to | 2 lines @ | : to ; : to | 5 lines @ | : to ; : to | 5 lines @ | : to ; : to | 10 lines @ | : to ; : to |
| direction | 1 line @ | : to | 6 lines @ | : to | 7 lines @ | : to | 23 lines @ | : to | 5 lines @ | : to | 6 lines @ | : to |
| Bottom layer reinforcement |
| direction | 10 lines @ | : to | 7 lines @ | : to | 20 lines @ | : to |
| direction | 44 lines @ | : to ; : to | 3 lines @ | : to |
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