Tests to destruction of a multipanel waffle slab structure. 1964- 1965 New York World's Fair

Three load tests to destruction were made on the waffle slab roof of the Rathskeller Building in the Belgian Village exhibit at the 19641965 New York World's Fair. Uniform loading was first applied to four adjacent interior panels, then to three panels along an edge of the slab, and finally to a single interior panel. The behavior of the structure was in general accord with existing theories.