Rotational capacity of concrete slabs and its influence on tensile membrane action in the framework of robustness anal

A detailed description of the test set-up for a first experimental large-scale test is available in Gouverneur et al. (2013). This slab specimen was exposed to an artificial failure of the central support and subsequent vertical loading until collapse. However, the slab was reinforced with continuous longitudinal reinforcement bars. Further, a second reinforced concrete slab strip differing only in the reinforcement arrangement based on a more realistic situation of reinforcement curtailment.