RC14-1334 Concrete Structures 1

Lecture 22 – Shear Design

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Lecture Goals

Shear
Shear Design
Project

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
From flexural design:

fc = 4000 psi
fy = 60 ksi
wsdl = 1.2 k/ft
wll = 1.8 k/ft
will use either a #3 or #4 stirrup fys = 40 ksi
wb = 0.5 k/ft

Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
Consider the pattern loading on the beam and
determine the envelope of absolute maximum shear
along the beam for a symmetric beam with uniformly
distributed loads, a straight line drawn between the
maximum at the end and midspan is adequate.

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The maximum shear is

where,

Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
The maximum shear is

Note: Multiply by 1.15 for end moments @ face of

1st internal support when using ACI shear
coefficient 1.15 Vumax (section 8.3)

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
The wall is an interior section so the coefficient is 1.0.
For shear the reduction factor, , is 0.75.

How do you get maximum shear the center?

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Resist Shear
There is no pattern
load for dead loads

Vdl =0 @ center

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
There is a pattern load
for live loads at the
center of the beam

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Resist Shear
Compute the Vu max at the center

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Resist Shear
The shear envelope can be constructed using the values
of two maximum at the two location end and the
center.

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Resist Shear
Calculate the equation of the line to bound the shear
force and

The slope of the

shear forces.

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Resist Shear
1 Calculate the equation of the line to bound the shear
force and

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to Resist Shear
2 Calculate the capacity of the concrete

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Resist Shear
3 Calculate 0.5 of Vc to check to see if shear
reinforcement is needed.

114.8 k > 0.5*Vc Need shear reinforcement

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Resist Shear
4 Determine the stirrup spacing requirement, Av for the
calculations

The area, Av, is twice

the area of the bars
Ab

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5 The minimum spacing (11.5.5.3 ACI)

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6 The maximum spacing

The maximum spacing is 13.1 in.

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Resist Shear
7 Check the maximum allowable steel shear force

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8 Check the maximum allowable steel shear force

Reinforcements can be used for shear

reinforcement. The beam does not need to be
redesigned.

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
Strength requirement is given as:

Instead of solving for s, we can plot the Vc + Vs,

where

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Resist Shear
Using this technique (ACI 11.3.1), various Av and
spacing s can be used.
The maximum V is determined at the distance,d
from the wall.

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The shear force are

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Resist Shear
This is one possibly form to check

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
There always going to be a shear reinforcement close
to the support. Use the minimum spacing, 4 in., so
that the first stirrup has 4 in. Spacing can be
computed as:

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Resist Shear
If we are using 8 #4 stirrups @ 7 in. spacing, 7 in. is
less than 7.92 in. So,

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
Compute the location of the point and find

Compute Vn

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Resist Shear
Compute the next spacing

Use s = 9 in., which is find for #4 bar. Trying to fit

the reinforcement inside the beam.

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
If we are using 6 #4 stirrups @ 9 in. spacing, 9 in. is
less than 11.3 in. So,

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Resist Shear
Compute the location of the point and find

Compute Vn

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Resist Shear
Use a # 3 bar for

Use s = 12 in., because the smax is 13.1 in.

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Resist Shear
If we are using 8 #3 stirrups @ 12 in. spacing, 12 in.
is less than 13.1 in. So,

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
Compute the location of the point and find

This is at the middle of the beam. Under Vc/2 no

stirrups are need other than the minimum.

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Resist Shear

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Example: Design of Stirrups to

Resist Shear
There is a mistake for the problem! What is the
error?
The spacing of the #3 bar is 12 in. and the
max spacing between bars is 11.7 in., so
go back and redesign. Easy way would
be to use #4 instead of #3 bars.

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