While the ACI 318-08 Building Code, the PCI Handbook, 6th edition, and CEB Design of Fastenings in Concrete include provisions for such conditions, those provisions are geared for more general anchorage conditions than are typically seen in composite construction.
The Chilean code adopted parts of the United States code, but specifically omitted concrete reinforcement provisions that are critical for building strength.
The measured mechanical properties were compared, wherever possible, with design equations specified in ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete code provisions.
The suggested expressions account for the influence of the shear-arms' characteristics on the ultimate shear strength, and offer a more realistic prediction of the behaviour in comparison with conventional reinforced concrete design provisions.
In comparison with conventional reinforced concrete design provisions, the suggested approach captures in a more realistic manner the influence of the embedded length of the shear-heads for such hybrid members with or without shear reinforcement.
What then are the concrete legal provisions and rules of substantive German law a German court has to apply in the Huaraz Case? (1) If property is interfered with by means other than removal or retention of possession, the owner may require the disturber toremove the interference.
No constitutional theorist would deny that many very specific or concrete constitutional provisions are fixed by the plain meaning of the text, by an understanding of the text that remains constant throughout the decades and possibly centuries.
Now this mechanism has been formalized into a more concrete legal provision, and applicable to a much wider variety of digital media.
Along the rutted 600-mile highway linking Yushu to the provincial capital, Xining, traffic was light on Thursday, with most vehicles bearing provisions, concrete electric poles and, in the case of one slow-moving truck, coal.
For resolving this problem and enhancing the concrete confinement, the provision of an external FRP (fiber reinforced polymer) jacket to restrict the lateral expansion of the steel tube is an effective means.
