Abstract
Shear stress transfer model of concrete was evaluated by considering the characteristics of cracked surface as parameters, which are the shape and asperity height. The parameters in the proposed shear stress transfer model were identified by using experimental results of plain concrete specimens. The reasonable agreements between the calculated results and the experimental ones on element level were confirmed. In addition, the applicability of proposed shear stress transfer model in structural level was verified. From the results, it was shown that the model could predict the behavior of RC members failed in shear using not only normal strength concrete, but also high strength concrete and light weight aggregate concrete.
