Shear Database and Study of the Parameters Influencing Shear Behavior - On Shear Behavior of Structural Elements Made of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete - page 145

Table 8.3 Range of parameters in the shear database of prestressed beams made without shear
reinforcement (N = 6 elements)
Parameter Minimum Maximum Average CoV (%)

d (mm) 226.47 550 282.16 42.46

a/d 3.27 4.30 380 11.72

f cm (MPa) 43.80 54.20 50.25 9.30

f R3 (MPa) - - - -

Amount of bers (kg/m 3 )

- - - -

ρ (%) 0.41 3.03 1.06 87.28

˃ c (MPa) 2.87 10.18 4.77 54.24

A s ʱ /s (cm 2 /m)

- - - -

Fig. 8.1 Beams without
shear reinforcement (neither
bers nor stirrups). SM
(EHE08) versus a/d

2.40

2.20 Reinforced beams Prestressed beams

2.00

1.80

1.60

1.40

1.20

1.00

0.80

0.60

0.40

2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00

a/d

Fig. 8.2 Beams without
shear reinforcement (neither
bers nor stirrups). SM
(MC2010) versus a/d

2.40

2.20

Reinforced beams Prestressed beams

2.00

1.80

1.60

1.40

1.20

1.00

0.80

0.60

0.40

2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00

a/d