LCI Preconstruction & Estimating Training Manual

11/22/2017

Beams (3)

Frames (1)

• Combination of columns and beams • Loads experienced by frames varies ▫ Connections between the columns and beams • Frames experience three types of displacements ▫ Vertical displacement

• Beam shapes vary • Most often used: ▫ T Beams ▫ L Beams ▫ I Beams ▫ Rectangular Beams

▫ Horizontal displacement ▫ Rotational displacement

Columns (1)

Frames (2)

• Vertical structure designed to carry compressive loads • Experience compressive load and a bending moment • Columns are usually: ▫ Circular with helical reinforcement ▫ Rectangular with rectangular reinforcement

• Cast into forms on the site ▫ Forms are too large ▫ Geometrically complex ▫ One and Two – Way slabs • Pre – cast at the manufacturing plant ▫ Hollow core slabs ▫ T Beams and rectangular beams ▫ Girders ▫ Columns

Columns (2)

Slab Systems

One Way Slab System

Two Way Slab System

Simplified assumption of actual behavior

Closer to actual behavior of slab system

Easier to design

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