'a. oJ CIVIL. STUDIES );:,,-esTURAL RESEARCH SERIES NO. 271 AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LIMIT DESIGN IN REINFORCED CONCRETE FLAT SLABS . . Metz Reference ROom Civil Engineering Departmen1 BI06 C. E. Building University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801 By MANUEL XANTHAKIS and M. A. SOZEN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS DECEMBER 1963