Title: ACI-DAfStb Databases for Shear Tests on Slender Reinforced Concrete Beams with Stirrups (with Appendix)

Author(s): Karl-Heinz Reineck, Evan Bentz, Birol Fitik, Daniel A. Kuchma, and Oguzhan Bayrak

Publication: Structural Journal

Volume: 111

Issue: 5

Appears on pages(s): 1147-1156

Keywords: beams with shear reinforcement; database; reinforced concrete; shear strength; shear tests

DOI: 10.14359/51686819

Date: 9/1/2014

Abstract:
An extensive database was created in 1999 that contained the shear test data of beams with shear reinforcement subjected to point loads. The data were not only collected but were critically reviewed, and criteria were developed to achieve a reliable database for assessing shear design relationships. This database was considerably expanded until 2006 and then even more in the recent years by a joint ACI-DAfStb group. Because many of the 886 collected tests do not fully conform to either ACI or European design code limits, two final databases are presented in this paper. The larger of the two released evaluation databases contains 157 tests that are appropriate for comparisons to ACI 318-11 shear provisions. The second small evaluation database is a subset of the large database, contains 87 tests, and is appropriate for comparisons to shear design provisions such as those of the EC2 or fib and FIP standards.