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that the slab moment is resisted by an effective width over which the total

moment (the total moment may be obtained by integrating the moment per
unit width determined by a rigorous elastic analysis along the effective width)
is uniformly distributed. For a slab simply supported on two opposite edges,
the code has provided guidelines for the evaluation of the effective width.
These guidelines are the same as those given in BS8110: Part 1.
For any other slab with a more complicated geometry or support
arrangement, no general guideline could be given, and rigorous limited
ductility elasto-plastic analysis will have to be carried out if advantage is to be
taken of the possible redistribution of moments to reduce the maximum
moment to be designed for.
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Slabs subjected to "distributed" and "concentrated" "loads" may be "analysed"
using an appropriate "elastic analysis" method or alternatively a "plastic
analysis" method. For elastic analysis, an "analytical method" may be used if
the slab has simple "geometry", but the "finite element method" may have to
be used if the slab has complex geometry or is subjected to a complicated
arrangement of loading. For plastic analysis, both Johansen’s yield line
method and Hillerborg’s strip method are considered acceptable.
For slabs subjected to "concentrated loads", there will be "concentrated
moment" occurring at each loading point. Due to "stress concentration",
the concentrated moment could be many times larger than the "average
moment" acting on the "section" underneath the loading point parallel to the
nearest support. To capture such concentrated moment, if the finite element
method of analysis is employed, a very fine "mesh" is required. However, in
reality, because of the large magnitude of the concentrated moment, the
section at the loading point would "yield" at an early stage and the moment
would be "redistributed" to other parts of the slab, resulting in a less
concentrated and more uniform distribution of moment.
As slabs are generally quite lightly reinforced and should therefore possess a
fair amount of "flexural ductility", such redistribution of moments could be
very substantial. To take advantage of the redistribution of moments, which
can help to reduce the "maximum moment" to be designed for, it may be
assumed that the slab moment is resisted by an "effective width" over which
the "total moment" (the total moment may be obtained by integrating the
moment per unit width determined by a rigorous elastic analysis along
the effective width) is uniformly distributed. For a slab simply supported on

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