Slab to Column Moment Transfer Load Path

[alandjen]

For two-way flat plate construction, thread thread726-155029 discussed the amount of unbalanced moment that is transferred by flexure from the slab to the column. That is clear. What is unclear, however, is the exact load path by which the moment transferred by flexure from slab to column takes. For an interior column, for example, the slab flexural bars are located at the top of the slab and are continuous through the joint. How does the tensile moment developed in these bars get resisted by the column? I am unclear by the load path. Please clarify.
Thanks

 

[civilperson]

Imagine a vertical truss inside the column with the slab rebar pulling at a panel point and the concrete pushing on another panel point.