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Lecture 10.5.1 : Design for Serviceability I

1. INTRODUCTION

1.2 Serviceability Limit States

1.2.1 Explicit Methods

1.2.1.1 Criteria

1.2.1.2 Calculation of Ed

1.2.1.3 Limits for Cd

1.2.1.4 Design Procedure

1.2.2 Deemed-to-satisfy Provisions

2. ELASTIC ANALYSIS

2.2 Elastic Moduli

2.2.1 Young's modulus for steel

2.2.2 Elastic modulus for concrete - short-term

2.2.3 Elastic modulus for concrete - long term

2.2.4 Modular Ratio

2.3 Geometrical Properties of the Section

2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.2 Effective Breadth

2.3.3 Second moment of area

2.3.4 Service stresses

2.4 Section stiffnesses

2.5 Simply supported and continuous composite beams

3. SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES: CRACKING

3.1 Explicit Methods

3.2 Deemed-to-satisfy approach

4. SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES: DEFLECTION

4.1 Explicit Methods

4.1.2 Calculation of Deflection (Ed)

4.1.3 Limit for deflection (Cd)

4.1.4 Design procedure

5. CONCLUDING SUMMARY

7. ADDITIONAL READING