Title:
Causes and Remedies of Distress-Three Case Histories
Author(s):
Paul Zia
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
7
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
13-18
Keywords:
bending; collapse; corbels; cracking (fracturing);
edge beams; failure; parking facilities; post-tensioning;
prestressed concrete; reinforced concrete; repairs; roofs;
shopping centers; torsion.
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1985
Abstract:
A combination of design and construction errors caused the partial collapse of a shopping center roof, the torsional cracking of edge beams 0% a parking deck, and the extensive cracking of the corbels of a three-story parking structure. The investigations of the causes of failure and the corrective measures taken in each of these three cases are described. *