05-03-2020, 03:23 PM
Hi All
For my sins and in a previous life (well before retirement that is) I spent several years researching wriggly tin!
In particular it’s interaction with a concrete topping. Indentations pressed into the webs of the galvanised sheeting took the longitudinal shear force. The sheeting acted like the reinforcement in a normal slab but also as support for the concrete as it was poured.
At one time we were doing so many full size tests on the stuff that we moved out of the lab and to the university sports ground. I designed a trailer onto which was mounted the 150 tonne hydraulic test rig. The field centre became known by students by its acronym; Field And Research Testing Station ?.
Happy days, got me my PhD too.
Cheers
Howard
For my sins and in a previous life (well before retirement that is) I spent several years researching wriggly tin!
In particular it’s interaction with a concrete topping. Indentations pressed into the webs of the galvanised sheeting took the longitudinal shear force. The sheeting acted like the reinforcement in a normal slab but also as support for the concrete as it was poured.
At one time we were doing so many full size tests on the stuff that we moved out of the lab and to the university sports ground. I designed a trailer onto which was mounted the 150 tonne hydraulic test rig. The field centre became known by students by its acronym; Field And Research Testing Station ?.
Happy days, got me my PhD too.
Cheers
Howard