Title:
Learning Through Hands-On Reinforced Concrete Beam Experiments
Author(s):
Ian N. Robertson and Gaur P. Johnson
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
37
Issue:
7
Appears on pages(s):
40-45
Keywords:
design, failure, steel, fiber
DOI:
10.14359/51687949
Date:
7/1/2015
Abstract:
A laboratory section was added to the senior-level reinforced concrete design class at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a supplement to classroom instructions. The lab work focuses on fabrication and testing of reinforced concrete beams designed to highlight specific failure modes. Flexural tests included beams with less than minimum reinforcement, tension-controlled, and transition zone flexural reinforcement. Shear tests included beams with and without shear reinforcement. One series of tests is described.
Related References:
1. ACI Committee 318, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-11) and Commentary,” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2011, 503 pp.
2. ACI Committee 440, “Guide for the Design and Construction of Structural Concrete Reinforced with FRP Bars (ACI 440.1R-06),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2006, 44 pp.