Publications by Thibault Clément

Influence of prestressing on the punching strength of post-tensioned slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Thibault Clément, António Manuel Pinho Ramos

Previous researches on punching of post-tensioned slabs have shown a number of phenomena significantly influencing their strength and behaviour. However, no general agreement is yet found on a physical theory (either in codes of practice or in design model ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2014

Design for punching of prestressed concrete slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Thibault Clément, António Manuel Pinho Ramos

Prestressing in flat slabs helps in controlling deformations and cracking under service loads and allows reducing the required slab thickness, leading thus to more slender structures and being therefore an economic solution for long spans. However, as a co ...

Structural Concrete2013

Punching shear strength of PC Slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Juan Sagaseta Albajar, Thibault Clément

This paper presents the results of an experimental research on the influence of prestressing on the punching shear strength of flat slabs. The tests refer to 13 geometrically identical specimens 250 mm thick that were loaded in order to investigate the inf ...

fib Symposium Tel-Aviv 20132013

Influence de la précontrainte sur la résistance au poinçonnement de dalles en béton armé

Thibault Clément

Flat slabs are commonly used in Switzerland but also in north America and in many European countries. Slab bridges are also a typical solution for crossing of motorways for example. In both cases, supporting a slab by columns is justified by the simplicity ...

EPFL2012

Influence of a Prestressing Eccentricity on the Punching Shear Strength of Post-Tensioned Slab Bridges

Aurelio Muttoni, Thibault Clément

A large number of medium and small span bridges in Switzerland and in other countries are slab bridges, often prestressed, multi-span and supported by columns. Punching in such structures is typically governing at failure. So far, the knowledge of the infl ...

Proceeding of the 8th fib-PhD Symposium2010