Title: Size Effect in Diagonal Shear Failure: Influence of Aggregate Size and Stirrups

Author(s): Zdenek P. Bazant and Hsu-Huei Sun

Publication: Materials Journal

Volume: 84

Issue: 4

Appears on pages(s): 259-272

Keywords: aggregate size; beams (supports); cracking (fracturing); crack propagation; failure; loads (forces); optimization; reinforced concrete; shear properties; statistical analysis; stirrups; tests; Materials Research

DOI: 10.14359/1614

Date: 7/1/1987

Abstract:
Fracture mechanics of brittle failures of concrete structures due to the propagation of a cracking zone indicates that the nominal stress at failure should not be constant but should decrease as the structure size increases. This size effect may be descri