Abstract
AbstractIn some of biaxial voided slabs, spherical or ellipsoidal plastic balls enclosed in steel cages are used to eliminate ineffective concrete. To investigate the bending and shear behavior of this system, five full‐scale specimens were cast including two bending specimens for investigating bending capacity and cracking distribution as well as three shear specimens used to study the shear capacity, cracking distribution, and concrete casting effect on the shear behavior. Moreover, the effects of the steel cage rods were studied on the bending and shear capacity. It was found that while both solid and biaxial voided specimens exhibited almost similar failure mode, both the bending and shear capacity of biaxial voided specimens were affected by the steel cages. In contrast, the voided specimens exhibited a significantly lower shear capacity than the solid ones while the different concrete casting methods had no effects on the capacity and behavior of biaxial voided specimens. Finally, a comparison was made with experimental results and ACI 318‐14, MC 2010, and Eurocode 2 recommendations.
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