Publications by Rui Vaz Rodrigues

Authors’ closure on discussion by A. Windisch of paper “Shear on Rotation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Members Without Shear Reinforcement”

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Rui Vaz Rodrigues

ACI Structural Journal2011

Influence of Shear on Rotation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Members Without Shear Reinforcement

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Rui Vaz Rodrigues

The influence of shear on the rotation capacity of one-way slabs without shear reinforcement is investigated in this paper by means of an experimental study. The experimental program consisted of 11 slab strips 8400 mm (331 in.) long and 450 mm (17.7 in.) ...

ACI Structural Journal2010

Punching shear strength of R/C bridge cantilever slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Rui Vaz Rodrigues

This paper presents the results of six tests on R/C bridge cantilever slabs without shear reinforcement subjected to concentrated loading. The specimens represent actual deck slabs of box-girder bridges scaled 3/4. They were 10mlong with a clear cantilever ...

Elsevier2008

Shear strength of reinforced concrete bridge deck slabs

Rui Vaz Rodrigues

Reinforced concrete bridge deck slabs without shear reinforcement can be subjected to concentrated or distributed loads of important magnitude. Under these loads their structural response is not always ductile. In particular under concentrated loads their ...

EPFL2007

Large Scale Tests on Bridge Slabs Cantilevers Subjected to Traffic Loads

Aurelio Muttoni, Olivier Burdet, Rui Vaz Rodrigues

To improve the reduced available experimental data on the load capacity of full scale bridge deck slabs, 3 tests on a large scale bridge cantilever (10 x 4.2 m) were done. The cantilevers were tested under 4, 2 and 1 concentrated loads simulating traffic w ...

Proceedings of the 2nd fib Congress2006

Shear Strength of RC Bridge Deck Cantilevers

Rui Vaz Rodrigues

An experimental and theoretical investigation of the shear strength of reinforced concrete slabs without shear reinforcement is under way at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The first part of the program consists of 6 tests on two large scale ...

6th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, IBK Publikation SP-0152006

Experimental investigation of the shear capacity of plastic hinges

Aurelio Muttoni, Olivier Burdet, Rui Vaz Rodrigues

The influence of plastic strains in the longitudinal reinforcement in presence of high shear forces in beams and slabs without stirrups was investigated performing a series of tests of eight ordinary reinforced concrete beams 8.4 meters long with 0.79% rei ...

fib Symposium, Budapest 20052005