CREATE SHEAR STAIR FOR REINFORCEMENT OF CONCRETE BEAMS

Abdul Kareem M. B. Al-Shammaa

Abstract: For shear design of R/C beams with rectangular and T-section, there is a number of steps procedure and equations provided by ultimate strength design method according to ACI-code. The large number of equations and fork of solution steps, Causes a lot of confusion and boredom for student or designer. Checked the most common and authoritative textbooks that dealt with design of concrete structures according to (ACI-08). From long experience in teaching reinforced concrete material, show that shear stair has more effect to give beginner engineering students speed to achieve shear design steps by less time and effort. This study focuses on rectangular and T-section beams consider shear force due to the loads applied vertically, using SI units. Finally, I reached a simplified stair to track shear strength steps easily and conveniently, named as shear stair

Keywords: Shear design; Beam reinforcement; Shear strength; Shear stress distribution.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0301071