Experimental Tests - On Shear Behavior of Structural Elements Made of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete - page 54

Table III.3 (continued)
ʾ Factor that takes into account the size effect

ˁ l Reinforcement ratio for longitudinal reinforcement

ˁ w

Percentage of shear reinforcement

˃ ck Average stress acting on the concrete cross-section for an axial force due to

prestressing actions

˃ pm0 Tendon stress just after release

ˆ Reduction factor ( ˆ = 0.8)

˕ Nominal diameter of the tendon

Table III.1 summarizes the formulations used in Part III, which includes
Chaps. 4 7 . The limitations of the shear design formulas are reported in Table III.2 .

Finally, a list with the notation of the main parameters used in Chaps. 4

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- 7 of Part III

is presented (Table III.3 ).