Publications by Beatrice Belletti

Dependency of punching shear resistance and membrane action on boundary conditions of reinforced concrete continuous slabs

The design of reinforced concrete flat slabs can be governed at failure by punching shear close to concentrated loads or columns. Geometrical features, reinforcement layouts and in-plane forces provided by external vertical elements, such as shear walls, c ...

CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP2019

Validation of NLFEA of Reinforced Concrete Walls Under Bidirectional Loading

Katrin Beyer, Beatrice Belletti

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA) of the inelastic behaviour of RC walls are often carried out for uni-directional (in-plane) horizontal cyclic loading. In this paper the behaviour of RC walls with different cross-sections (T-shaped and U-shaped) s ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2018

Shell Modelling Strategies for the Assessment of Punching Shear Resistance of Continuous Slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Raffaele Cantone, Beatrice Belletti

The punching shear resistance formulation provided by Model Code 2010 is calibrated on the basis of experimental tests on isolated slabs supported on columns. According to Level of Approximation approach, several quantities are required for the design punc ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2018

Parametric analysis on punching shear resistance of reinforced concrete continuous slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Beatrice Belletti

Punching shear resistance formulations provided by codes are usually calibrated on test results of isolated specimens that typically simulate the slab zone within the points of contraflexure around the column (hogging area). However, the behaviour of actua ...

2018

Internal force distribution in RC slabs subjected to punching shear

Aurelio Muttoni, Beatrice Belletti

Reinforced concrete (RC) two-way slabs without shear reinforcement are commonly used in many structural systems. This paper investigated the structural behaviour of RC slabs subjected to concentrated loads leading to punching shear failure using shell and ...

Engineering Structures2017

Compressive Membrane Action Effects on Punching Strength of Flat RC Slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Raffaele Cantone, Beatrice Belletti, Luca Manelli

The design of reinforced concrete flat slabs in practice can be governed at failure by punching shear close to concentrated loads or columns. Punching shear resistance formulations provided by codes are calibrated on the basis of experimental tests on isol ...

2016

Approaches for suitable modelling and strength prediction of reinforced concrete slabs

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Raffaele Cantone, Beatrice Belletti

Despite the advances on the understanding and modelling of shear and punching shear failures, the application of actual design models to some stations remains still complex. In addition, other significant phenomena such as compressive membrane action and m ...

fib, Fédération Internationale du Béton, Lausanne2016

Shear strength evaluation of RC bridge deck slabs according to CSCT with multi – layered shell elements and PARC_CL Crack Model

Aurelio Muttoni, Raffaele Cantone, Beatrice Belletti

The shear resistance of RC slabs without shear reinforcement subjected to concentrated loads near linear support is usually calibrated on the base of tests on one – way slabs with rectangular cross section. However, the actual behavior of slabs subjected t ...

IABSE Conference Geneva 20152015