Title:
Recommended Design Procedure in Shear for Steel-Reinforced Polymer Concrete
Author(s):
Karim S. Rebeiz, Sleiman P. Serhal, and David W. Fowler
Publication:
Structural Journal
Volume:
90
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
562-567
Keywords:
beams (supports); polymer concretes; reinforced concretes; shear forces; structural design; Design
DOI:
10.14359/3977
Date:
9/1/1993
Abstract:
The conventional ACI-ASCE design approach to shear developed for reinforced portland cement concrete does not yield very good results when applied to reinforced polymer concrete (PC). A new procedure that combined the techniques of dimensional analysis and statistical regression analysis is therefore recommended for steel-reinforced PC beams without web reinforcement. The PC beams were made using unsaturated polyester resins and were designed in such a way to achieve a wide range of values in the variables affecting the shear strength of reinforced PC. The new procedure gives excellent results for both short beams (a/d = 2.5) and long beams (a/d = 2.5).