Cantilevered Slab Deflection
Cantilevered Slab Deflection
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Folks,
Assume you have a wrap around 7' cantilevered slab that is 50' wide.
I feel that the deflection will be a combination of a cantilevered deflection at the tip + a deflection due to the slab trying to span in the long direction (transverse to the cantilever span).
Have any your previous experiences shown this type of behavior?
Assume you have a wrap around 7' cantilevered slab that is 50' wide.
I feel that the deflection will be a combination of a cantilevered deflection at the tip + a deflection due to the slab trying to span in the long direction (transverse to the cantilever span).
Have any your previous experiences shown this type of behavior?






RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
The stiffness along the long axis relative to that of the cantilever will determine how wide a section of cantilever is used to resist point loads.
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
The proportion of the load carried by each element varies, near the center, the cantilever supports most of it, near the ends the beam is stiffer.
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
I know that running a Finite element model on this will give me the right results? But I just wanted to hear real life opinions from others.
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
Deflection between D and E will be affected by the slab spanning in the long direction between stiff elements but the effect at midpoint is likely to be small.
BA
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
It might be a good idea in this instance to provide some additional bottom steel to control cracking, but I agree that it would not be prudent to consider any reduction in the cantilever moment as a result of the long orthogonal span.
BA
RE: Cantilevered Slab Deflection
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.