TD | ee ee ce ee me aes ee mn Shear Key In Construction: Purpose, Functions And Uses tse fo OO C8 Sot Bone? various structure suchas bridges, retsining walls the basement of resident buildings, precast buildings and culverts, masonry walln seismic regions, a steel columns. The shear key canbe constructed fom concrete asin precast constructions, residential buling basement or manufactured rom stel such ‘asin the case of see column base pate and sometimes steel enforcement isused 0 playa sheor key role for instance between basement val and footing Purpose of Shear Key Shear keys prove resistance agninet lateral forces auch a earth and water pressures earthquakes, an wind ‘Shear Key in Various Structures 1: Bridge Structure ‘haar keys ate placed inthe abutments ofthe small to medium-sized bridge structure to provide lateral vansvetse support to the superstructure under late loads. The shear key in bridge structure play a significant role in resisting seismic loads. There ae te types of shear keysin bridge stuctre erator and interior shear keys. The former has the demerit ofthe ease of Inspection and rept 2 Retaining Walls Saar kaye ave provided a the base of taining walls to increase Ie siding resistance, Practical its convenient o place the shear key beneath the stem ofthe reining wal because it simplifies the placement of reinforcement that can be extended from the stem direct into the stem,ie \ heel ‘ oS sertey 3+ Footing basement Wall Saar kaye are provided a the jlnt between footing and basement wal. The shear keys cast as part ofthe wal extending into the keyay or groove formed inthe footing, Different forms ofthe sheor key at the joint between ‘the footing and basement wall in ths image. 4: Steel Column Base and Footing Joint ‘A special shear key for instance a block ofFstub or section or stel pad welded onto the bottom ofthe base plate is used to vest shes fore atthe base ofthe column, 5- Connections of Precast Concrete Elements ‘Shear keys are used in precast constructions to connect two separate precast components and to increas the shear csistivty ofthe jin succes, {6 Masonry Wall In seismic regions, masonry blacks ave provided with shear keys during ‘manufacturing to resist out-of-plane faces between adjacent blocks ding earthquakes 000000 e0°o Top sOMoa Beth ‘ty Bambee store Songer an Ste! ng So oder nd ‘oes Wooden MainBoor Design ess is is iMSeaperercottroreen i a cme i i (Bb Peed ap Root ck Hero To Seo What Is Dowel Rar=Its Purpose, Use And Advantages ‘esi ss To Mase arr pace House econ 16 ars a cements i \ z Schedule re Tempites ped ing goss Caan