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Consider Memberane action in Bridge Deck FEA Modeling?

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netsonicyxf

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For precast concrete deck slabs, they are transversly connected by the shear keys, and there are no prestress bars in the transverse direction of the deck slab.
Is the membrane action needd to be considered in FEA Modeling?
 
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