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Stage of construction: An essential consideration in designing reinforced concrete building structures
Author(s) -
Alvarado Yezid A.,
Buitrago Manuel,
Gasch Isabel,
Prieto Camilo A.,
Ardila Yesenia A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
structural concrete
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1751-7648
pISSN - 1464-4177
DOI - 10.1002/suco.201700128
Subject(s) - serviceability (structure) , shoring , reinforced concrete , engineering , construction engineering , civil engineering , process (computing) , structural engineering , computer science , operating system
This paper analyzes the potential influence of the construction process on the serviceability stage of the structure of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings. For this, a number of cases of buildings erected by habitual construction processes were simulated by a finite elements model, including and excluding the construction process. The shoring–clearing–striking method was seen the least harmful to the long‐term behavior, but even so maximum loads during construction exceeded the design loads. On the other hand, shoring–reshoring–striking procedure had construction loads similar to the design loads but worse long‐term behavior. In view of the results obtained, it is of the utmost importance to consider the construction phase when designing building structures. Some practical recommendations are given to improve the consideration of the construction process in the design as well as to take into account the long‐term behavior of structures due to load history during construction.