Title:
Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams
Part 3-Tests of Restrained Beams With Web Reinforcement
Author(s):
R. C. Elstner, K. G. Moody, I . M . Viest, and E. Hognestad
Publication:
Journal Proceedings
Volume:
51
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
525-539
Keywords:
no keywords
DOI:
10.14359/11693
Date:
2/1/1955
Abstract:
Results are presented from tests on 35 restrained beams with web reinforcement. The tests were made in three series: the first comprising 22 rectangular beams and two T-beams was made as the basic series of tests designed to investigate the effects of varying amount and inclination of web reinforcement, the second comprising eight rectangular beams was made to investigate the effect of increasing beam depth, and the third comprising three rectangular beams was made to investigate the effect of decreasing the ratio of shear span to effective depth of beam. Beams were tested with one concentrated load at each overhang and one or two concentrated loads in the span. In all beams several diagonal tension cracks formed in the regions of maximum shear. One beam failed in flexure and the remaining beams failed in shear. The magnitude of the cracking load was found to depend primarily on the dimensions of the cross section and strength of concrete. All beams were able to support substantially greater loads than the cracking loads. The final shear failure occured by destruction of the compression zone of concrete at the. support or load bearing block. The magnitude of the failure load was clearly a function of the amount and type of web reinforcement.