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Concrete slabs

When does a two-way slab begin to act as a one-way slab, in spite of having rebars in both directions?

AnswerThis occurs when the column bays supporting the slab are not close enough to being square, the ratio of length to width of a slab bay becomes closer to 2:1.

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