Construction of load-bearing underground car park foundation slabs from an economic standpoint

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This paper exclusively deals with underground car park foundation slabs, rather than vehicle-accessed intermediate and top decks of parking garages and underground car parks. Besides the fact that, unlike floors, foundation slabs subject to vehicle impact are usually not exposed to dynamic deformation due to acting loads, to significant restraint stresses, or to changing crack widths caused by seasonal temperature fluctuations, the focus on underground car park foundation slabs is justified by the fact that their share in all vehicle-accessed parking decks in Germany amounts to more than...