• Kristiawan, Stefanus A.
• Sangadji, Senot
• Saifullah, Halwan A.
• Yani, Muhammad B.
• Eklou, Remir J.

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Stirrups bars are widely used as shear reinforcement in reinforced concrete beams. It is quite attractive to explore the use of another type of material for stirrups. This study aims to investigate the shear behaviour of reinforced concrete beams using steel plate strips and conventional stirrups as shear reinforcement. Two full-scale reinforced concrete beams were tested to fail in shear in this experimental program, and the test parameter for this study was the types of shear reinforcement. The shear resisting behaviour of the beam specimens was discussed by evaluating the crack patterns, load-deflection response and the shear strengths of the beam specimens. The shear capacities determined experimentally were compared with the prediction values calculated based on the Modified Truss Theory. The ratio of the measured to estimated shear strength in the steel plate RC beams and reference beam showed a fairly good agreement as these ratios were only slightly different. Results of this study show that there is only a slight difference in the global behaviour of the steel plate RC beam and the reference beam using conventional stirrups.</jats:p>

Topics

• impedance spectroscopy
• theory
• crack
• strength
• steel