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The Structural Engineer, Volume 72, Issue 14, 1994
Suppose that an owner of industrial premises asks a structural engineer to design a warehouse floor so as to withstand the loads of heavy plant and machinery. The engineer recommends a type of flooring manufactured by a well known floor supplier. The contractor installs it. Six months later cracks appear. Experts are called in. No one can say what the cause of the problem is, since there appears to be no faulty installation and the flooring material used is well known and generally recommended. Ian R. Yule
This paper presents a method of assessment of the stiffness increase due to different types of non-structural screed. The types of screed considered are concrete screeds either floating, unbonded or bonded, which are the types of screed most commonly in use. The proposed model is validated against the results of a large number of tests carried out on difierent types of precast concrete floor construction, both in the laboratory and in the field. R.M. Moss
This feature is dedicated to Richard Hobin, a valued friend who, prior to his untimely and sudden death in November 1993, was responsible in a very major way for the planning and running of a new MSc course in Structural Design at UCL. The outline and contents of this paper were arranged in discussion with him. John R. Eyre, Patrick Morreau, Professor James Croll and William Addis