SHEAR FAILURE BEHAVIOR OF INTERIOR STEEL BEAM-REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN JOINTS

Abstract

This paper reports an evaluation method for the shear strength of interior joints consisting of steel beams and reinforced concrete columns. The shear strength is generally calculated by the sum of the nominal shear resistance of a steel web panel and concrete elements. In this paper, the shear strength is calculated in consideration of the relation between the shear crack and the maximum strength of beam-column. Design equations presented herein are evaluated through comparison with existing experimental results. The comparisons between experimental and calculated results indicate an excellent agreement.