Abstract: A mechanism analysis of shear failure of simply supported reinforced concrete deep beams is presented. Concrete and steel reinforcement are modeled as rigid perfectly plastic materials. The failure modes are idealized as ...

Abstract: Most codes of practice, such as EC2 and ACI 318-05, recommend the use of strut-and-tie models for the design of reinforced concrete deep beams. However, studies on the validity of the strut-and-tie models for continuous ...

Abstract: The results of testing two simply and three continuously supported concrete beams reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars are presented. The amount of GFRP reinforcement was the main parameter investigated. ...

Abstract: An upper-bound analysis of reinforced-concrete continuous deep beams is presented. The concrete is assumed as a rigid–perfectly plastic material obeying the modified Coulomb failure criteria with zero tension cutoff. Two ...