Shear Transfer across a Crack in Reinforced High-Strength Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 20, Issue 4
Abstract
In this study, the shear transfer behavior of reinforced concrete across a crack is investigated both analytically and experimentally by conducting tests on 19 precracked push-off specimens. The major parameters considered are the compressive strength of concrete and reinforcement parameter through the shear plane. Test results indicate that the behavior of a crack (in terms of stress-displacement relations) during shear transfer is characterized by four significant events. The mechanisms involved in each of these events are described. It has been shown that an independent increase either in concrete strength or reinforcement parameter stiffens the initial (after taking off the slack created by the precrack) straight portion of the curve, raises the linear response to a higher load level and increases the ultimate strength and the corresponding deformation, but the slope of the branch where frictional slip occurs remains relatively unchanged. A large pool of test data on reinforced concrete has been collated from the available literature. These, together with the test data generated in this study, have been analyzed and modeled embracing concrete strength up to about for predicting the ultimate shear transfer strength across a crack. A comparison of theoretical predictions with available test results shows good agreement.
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Acknowledgments
The research reported herein was partly supported by Research Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDR-264-000-015-112 with funds given by the National University of Singapore.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 20 • Issue 4 • April 2008
Pages: 294 - 302
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Received: Mar 27, 2006
Accepted: Nov 27, 2006
Published online: Apr 1, 2008
Published in print: Apr 2008
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Note. Associate Editor: Zhishen Wu
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