EK542
Growth of splitting cracks is restrained more effectively when transversereinforcement is placed close to the surface of the bar.
EK419
Care is needed in detailing welded joints of the T and corner type, where restrained weld shrinkage forces are transmitted through the weld into a plate in the through-thickness direction. […]
EK224
Plastic hinges form in a member at the maximum bending moment. However at the intersection of two members, where the bending moment is the same, the plastic hinges forms in […]
EK188
The combined shortening effect due to creep, shrinkage and temperature reductions induces tensile stresses in the precast components. The stresses must be accounted for in the connection design by either […]