ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED. CONCRETE COMPOSITE BEAMS UNDER TWO STAGES OF LOADING

in this paper, with the available computer method, the authors have obtained the stress distribution across sections of reinforced concrete composite beams under two stages of loading, and show that the stress redistribution under two stages of loading results in a reduction of stress discrepancy in the tensile steel and of strain discrepancy in the compressed concrete between the composite beam and the corresponding casting beam.