2011 Volume 67 Issue 2 Pages 200-212
The shear-resisting mechanism of solid circular RC lin ear members is different from that of rectangular RC members. The objective of this re search is to propose the equation fo r evaluating the shear capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) beams of solid circular cross section. The bending tests of solid circular RC beams were conducted under simply-supported condition. A series of experimental results indicated that conventional evaluation methods were difficult to predict the shear capacity of solid circular RC beams. Distributed longitudinal bars, angle of diagonal crack, shape of stirrups were taken into account. Finally, the paper proposed the equations that can predict the shear capacity of solid circular RC beams accurately.
