Abstract: “The effectiveness of compression reinforcement in controlling the deflection of a wide-hidden continuous reinforced concrete beam is studied using nonlinear finite element (FE) simulations. Concrete Damaged-Plasticity and reinforcing steel Elasto-Plasticity are used in the nonlinear FE simulations of ABAQUS. Results are compared to Elastic FE simulations as well as to conventional code procedures”

Keywords: Reinforced Concrete, Nonlinear Modelling, Finite Elements, Deflection Control, Damage Mechanics.