Influence of Width-to-Effective Depth Ratio on Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Elements without Web Reinforcement

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Conforti ◽  
Fausto Minelli ◽  
Giovanni A. Plizzari
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavlo Vegera ◽  
Rostyslav Vashkevych ◽  
Roman Khmil ◽  
Zinoviy Blikharskyy

Abstract In this article, results of experimental testing of reinforced concrete beams without transverse shear reinforcement are given. Three prototypes for improved testing methods were tested. The testing variable parameter was the shear span to the effective depth ratio. In the result of the tests we noticed that bearing capacity of RC beams is increased with the decreasing shear span to the effective depth ratio. The design method according to current codes was applied to test samples and it showed a significant discrepancy results. Than we proposed the improved design method using the adjusted value of shear strength of concrete CRd,c. The results obtained by the improved design method showed satisfactory reproducibility.


2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 1135-1140
Author(s):  
Leandro Mouta Trautwein ◽  
Luiz Carlos de Almeida ◽  
Ricardo Gaspar

This paper focuses on the assessment of the shear strength prediction established in the brazilian concrete code, NBR6118/2007[1], for reinforced concrete beams without web reinforcement. The values obtained by using the brazilian code equation are compared with a significant number of available experimental data and with those predicted by the expressions of other national and international codes, such as CEB-FIP MC90[2] and ACI-318/11[3]. The brazilian concrete code regarding shear capacity of reinforced concrete elements are explicitly assumed to be valid only for concrete strengths up to 50 MPa. It is shown that the code equation may be unconservative in a large number of cases. This discrepancy increases with increasing concrete strength, decreasing longitudinal reinforcement ratio and increasing beam depth.


2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Omeman ◽  
M. Nehdi ◽  
H. El-Chabib

Recent literature emphasized the scarcity of information on the shear behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced concrete short beams and the need to develop sufficient experimental data in this area. The present study responds to this need by conducting shear force testing on eight concrete short beams reinforced with carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and four control concrete beams reinforced with steel. To ensure a shear failure, all tested beams were reinforced with only bottom longitudinal reinforcement and no web reinforcement was provided. The crack pattern, reinforcement strain, mode of failure, and shear strength and deflection of tested beams were studied. The influence of the shear span to effective depth ratio, a/d, beam effective depth, d, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, ρ, and concrete compressive strength, f ′c on the shear behavior of CFRP-reinforced concrete short beams was examined. It was observed that the experimental parameters investigated had a significant effect on the shear strength and deflection of tested beams. It was also found that the strut-and-tie method more accurately predicts the shear strength of steel-reinforced concrete short beams than it does for similar CFRP-reinforced beams and, thus, needs to be modified to be applicable for reinforced concrete beams with FRP reinforcement.


Author(s):  
Olaniyi Arowojolu ◽  
Ahmed Ibrahim ◽  
Abdullah Almakrab ◽  
Nicholas Saras ◽  
Richard Nielsen

AbstractThe shear span-to-effective depth ratio (a/d) is one of the factors governing the shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams, with or without shear reinforcement. In high-strength concrete (HSC), cracks may propagate between the aggregate particles and result in a brittle failure which is against the philosophy of most design guidelines. The experimental results of six HSC beams, with and without shear reinforcement, tested under four-point bending with a/d ranged from 2.0 to 3.0 are presented and compared with different model equations in design codes. The a/d ratio has higher influence on the shear strength of reinforced HSC beams without shear reinforcement than beams with shear reinforcement. Most of the shear resistance prediction models underestimate the concrete shear strength of the beams but overpredict shear resistance of beams with shear reinforcement. However, the fib Model code 2010 accurately predicted the shear resistance for all the beams within an appropriate level of approximation (LoA).


2014 ◽  
Vol 931-932 ◽  
pp. 468-472
Author(s):  
Piyoros Tasenhod ◽  
Jaruek Teerawong

Shear strength prediction of simple deep reinforced concrete beams by method of strut-and-tie model is presented in this paper. The tested specimens were designed according to Appendix A of ACI 318-11 code with variations of shear span-to-effective depth ratios and ratios of horizontal and vertical crack-controlling reinforcement. Test results revealed that at the same shear span-to-effective depth ratio, the various crack-controlling reinforcements significantly influenced on strength reduction coefficients of strut and failure modes. When the shear span-to-effective depth ratios were increased, failure modes changed from splitting diagonal strut to flexural-shear failure. Based on the test results, the proposed model was compared with Appendix A of ACI 318-11code.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 2998-3010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao-Hui Lu ◽  
Hai Li ◽  
Wengui Li ◽  
Yan-Gang Zhao ◽  
Zhuo Tang ◽  
...  

Reinforcement corrosion exhibits an adverse effect on the shear strength of reinforced concrete structures. In order to investigate the effects of chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing steel on the shear behavior and failure pattern of reinforced concrete beams, a total of 24 reinforced concrete beams with different concrete strength grades and arrangements of stirrups were fabricated, among which 22 beams were subjected to accelerated corrosion to achieve different degrees of reinforcement corrosion. The failure pattern, crack propagation, load–displacement response, and ultimate strength of these beams were investigated under a standard four-point loading test in this study. Extensive comparative analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of the concrete strength, shear span-to-depth ratio, and stirrup type on the shear behavior of the corroded reinforced concrete beams. The results show that increasing the stirrup yielding strength is more effective in improving the shear strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams than that of concrete compressive strength. In terms of three types of stirrups, the shear strength of the beams with deformed HRB-335 is least sensitive to stirrup corrosion, followed by the beams with smooth HPB-235 and the beams with deformed HRB-400. The effect of the different stirrups on the shear strength depends on the corrosion degree of stirrup and shear span-to-depth ratio of the beam. The predicted results of shear strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams by a proposed analytical model are well consistent with the experimental results.


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