Design of Reinforced Concrete Using the ACI Code: Shear and Diagonal Tension

 

The objective of today’s reinforced concrete designer is to produce ductile members that provide warning of impending failure. To achieve this goal, the code provides design shear values that have larger safety factors against shear failures than do those provided for bending failures. The failures of reinforced concrete beams in shear are quite different from their failures in bending. Shear failures occur suddenly with little or no advance warning. Therefore, beams are designed to fail in bending under loads that are appreciably smaller than those that would cause shear failures.

This course discusses shear and diagonal tension on reinforced concrete and how different types of reinforcement can help mitigate the damage caused by cracking. Definitions related to concrete construction and reinforcement will be provided, as well as shear design example problems

 

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