Title:
Distress Due to Sun Camber in a Long-Span Roof of a Parking Garage
Author(s):
Mark Fintel
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
10
Issue:
7
Appears on pages(s):
42-50
Keywords:
camber; cracking (fracturing); measurement; parking structures; repairs; solar radiation; thermal gradient; thermal stresses; Structural Research
DOI:
Date:
7/1/1988
Abstract:
Distress in a nine-story cast-in-place concrete parking garage is described. A detailed account is given of field observations, measurements, and computations that led to a definite diagnosis of the distress. A repair procedure that accommodates unavoidable movements of the structure is outlined.