Influence of beam size, longitudinal reinforcement, and stirrup effectiveness on concrete shear strength

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 559-567

  Tompos, Eric J ^a   Frosch, Robert J ^b  

^a NTA Inc   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam; Longitudinal reinforcement; Shear; Stirrup

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CRACK INITIATION; SHEAR STRENGTH;

LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0036766235     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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