DESIGN PROCEDURES FOR COMPUTING DEFLECTIONS

DESIGN PROCEDURES ARE PRESENTED FOR COMPUTING SHORT-TIME AND LONG-TIME DEFLECTIONS OF NONCOMPOSITE AND COMPOSITE ORDINARY REINFORCED AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS. THE PAPER DISCUSSES PHASES OF THE SUBJECT INDICATED IN THE ACI BUILDING CODE BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY DEFINED THERIN, AND IS, IN PART, BASED ON RECENT WORK OF ACI COMMITTEE 435, DEFLECTIONS. /AUTHOR/