Abstract: Under tensile stress, concrete fails at low average strain but a high local strain due to nonuniform strain distribution. It is demonstrated that the use of optical interferometry with laser light both provides adequate ...

Abstract: The aggregate interlock mechanism gives a substantial contribution to the shear resistance of reinforced or prestressed concrete thin‐webbed beams, which are characterized by mostly linear, closely spaced, thin diagonal ...

Abstract: The resistant mechanisms of reinforced and prestressed thin‐webbed beams failing in shear are effective on the condition that the web reinforcement and thickness are suitably designed. With regard to this, a rational model ...