Abstract
A general procedure for calculating the variation with time of the internal stress resultants and hence the stresses, in concrete structures is discussed. In particular, a study is made of the changes in the stress resultants due to time-dependent creep and shrinkage strains of concrete. A general procedure of calculating the variation in the stress resultants due to differential creep strains in concrete structures has been proposed by the author[1]. A similar procedure is followed in this paper to study these variations when creep and shrinkage strains take place simultaneously. The method leads to a system of n-linear differential equations of the form: X = AXt + B the solution of which is performed by a computer using Runge-Kutta numerical procedures. A reinforced concrete portal frame exhibiting creep and shrinkage strains is solved by the proposed method and the results are given in tabular and graphical form.
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