ETL 1110-2-355
31 Dec 93
Figure A-5. Rigid link application
preparation, design for shear flow at the joint, and an
act independently of the rest of the base slab by
adequate length of thickened section along the base
segmenting it with watertight joints parallel to flow.
member (see Figure A-6). Some thickened sections
Joint spacing should be such that composite action is
will not have sufficient length to stiffen the base slab
not developed.
(see related discussion on cover plated steel beams in
(2) Thicker slabs can stiffen adjacent thinner
the AISC Manual of Steel Construction). Alterna-
slabs similar to the stiffening effect that a T-beam
tively, the added concrete thickness can be detailed to
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