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Download or read book Some Basic Aspects of the Problem of Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams written by Sidney Aaron Guralnick and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The behavior of plain concrete subjected to a plane state of stress consisting of shearing compressive stress components has been investigated. It has been found by comparison with numerous test results that Mohr's rupture theory is adequate in predicting failure stresses for such cases. Equations based on Mohr's theory have been developed which express the "interaction" of the shearing and compressive stresses at failure. The problem of predicting the ultimate load of beams failing in shear has been approached by applying the "interaction" equations developed for plain concrete, since it has been recognized that failure in shear is essentially a failure of the concrete. A failure theory for the cases of beams with plain webs and beams with vertical stirrups has been developed. Test data from forty-five beams have been used to check the validity of the theory developed