Designing against size effect on shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without stirrups: I. formulation

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1877-1885

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Concrete beams; Design; Fracture; Reinforced; Safety; Shear failure; Shear strength; Size effect

Indexed keywords

SHEAR FAILURE; SIZE EFFECT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 29044444074     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:12(1877)     Document Type: Article

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