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    Suspended roof floor slab cracked at supports

    Hi Hokie thanks again, You have cleared most of my doubts. Actually I agreed with your advise as stated in item 2. It is a combination of poor workmanship esp. on the placement of top reinforcement and the design calculation with minimum thickness. Bytheway do you have any idea on the pattern...
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    Suspended roof floor slab cracked at supports

    Thank you Hokkie, Please find some replies to your questions. The thickness of slab is ranging from 125mm to 150mm and it is designed as one way slab. It is formed in a conventionally method using formwork and props. All the beams are R.C and the primary beams size is 450mm x 750mm spanning max...
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    Suspended roof floor slab cracked at supports

    Hi I would appreciate if someone could advice me on this problem. I have a situation where a driveway suspended slab at the roof level cracked at every supports (spaced up to 5m apart). The crack pattern seems continued and extending over the length of the beams underneath. Is this type of crack...

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