Torsion of high-strength reinforced concrete beams and minimum reinforcement requirement

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 462-469

  Koutchoukali, Nasr Eddine ^a   Belarbi, Abdeldjelil ^b  

^a HBE Corporation   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam; Concrete; High strength; Reinforcement; Shear; Strain; Torsional stress

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRUSHING; STRUTS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

HIGH STRENGTH REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0035412984     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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