A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement

Ofonime A. Harry; Ifiok E. Ekop

doi:10.12691/ajcea-4-1-6

American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Vol. 4, No. 1, 2016, pp 39-43. doi: 10.12691/ajcea-4-1-6 | Research Article

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A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement

Ofonime A. Harry^1,, Ifiok E. Ekop²

¹Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, University of Edinburgh, UK

²Department of Building and Quantity Surveying, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Nigeria

	Abstract
1.	Introduction
2.	Review of Shear Provisions in Different Codes
3.	Criteria for Selecting Experimental Test Results for the Study
4.	Result and Discussion
5.	Summary and Conclusion
	References

Abstract

Shear provisions in codes are based on empirical equations derived from experimental test results without any rational theory to explain its behavior. Some of these expressions, for example BS 8110, ACI 318 and Eurocode 2 takes into account the effect of reinforcement ratio, effective depth and concrete compressive strength while Canadian code considers the shear strength to be a function of concrete compressive strength only. The new Model code 2010 considers the shear strength of beams as a function of longitudinal strain in the web. This brings about disparity in shear strength prediction from different codes. This paper examines the accuracy of shear strength predictions in beams without shear reinforcement. The study involves a comparative analysis of shear strength predictions from five different codes: BS 8110, Eurocode 2, Canadian code, ACI code 318 and Model code 2010. A total of 435 experimental test results from database of shear critical beams in literature were used for the study. The results shows that Model code 2010 shear strength prediction is the most conservative among the five codes shear provisions considered in this study. This may be due to the assumed linear elastic state of the flexural reinforcement at the point of failure in shear. BS 8110 and Eurocode 2 predictions gave the least variation compared to other codes predictions. The highest number of unsafe shear strength predictions was obtained from Canadian code followed by prediction s from ACI 318.

Keywords: shear strength, concrete compressive strength, database, effective depth, reinforcement ratio, shear reinforcement, longitudinal strain

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Ofonime A. Harry, Ifiok E. Ekop. A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Vol. 4, No. 1, 2016, pp 39-43. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajcea/4/1/6

Harry, Ofonime A., and Ifiok E. Ekop. "A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement." American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 4.1 (2016): 39-43.

Harry, O. A. , & Ekop, I. E. (2016). A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 4(1), 39-43.

Harry, Ofonime A., and Ifiok E. Ekop. "A Comparative Analysis of Codes Prediction of Shear Resistance in Beams without Shear Reinforcement." American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 4, no. 1 (2016): 39-43.

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1. Introduction

Reinforced concrete have been used in the construction industries in buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams and many other structures. This is due to its ability to resist corrosion, resistance to fire, low cost when compared with material such as steel amongst others. To effectively utilize concrete in any construction, its behavior from initial loading up to failure must be known and predicted accurately. These behavior can be classified into two: flexural and shear. While the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beam can be predicted with reasonable accuracy, prediction of shear behavior of reinforced concrete beam is still marked with disparity in the research community. For instance, the provisions for flexural behavior of beams in different codes are similar. This is due to the fundamental theory of ‘plain section remain plain’ which govern the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams. On the other hand, the shear behavior is based on empirical equations derived from experimental test result without any rational theory to describe its behavior. This cause notable disparity between predicted shear strength from different codes.

The problem is more complicated in reinforced concrete beams without shear reinforcement in which the shear resistance is said to depend on the uncracked concrete compression zone, shear span-to-depth ratio and reinforcement ratio ^[1]. Until the advent of Modified Compression Field Theory ^[2], the shear strength of concrete members without shear reinforcement was believed to depend on the reinforcement ratio. This led to the inclusion of the effect of reinforcement ratio, concrete compressive strength and effective depth in shear provisions in some codes like BS 8110, Eurocode 2 and ACI code 318. On the contrary, the new Model code 2010 which is based on Modified Field Compression Theory (MCFT) considers the shear strength of beam to be a function of the longitudinal strain in the web rather than the reinforcement ratio. This brings about disparity in the predicted shear resistance from different codes.

Several researches aim at investigating the adequacy of shear provisions in different codes have been conducted in the past decades [3-9]^[3]. Sudheer et al ^[7] compared ACI, Canadian and CEP-FIP model codes shear strength predictions in beams without shear reinforcement. Their result showed that both ACI and Canadian codes under estimated the shear strength of beams for different shear span-to-depth ratio. CEP-FIB predicted shear strength were all lower than the experimental test results. Reineck et al ^[10] compared the ACI predicted shear strength with 784 experimental test results of reinforced concrete beams failing in shear. They concluded that ACI 318 code shear provisions are unconservative with about 15% of predictions resulting in unsafe prediction. In experimental studies ^[5] comparing the shear strength of high strength concrete (HSC) beam having different shear span-to-depth ratio with predictions from ACI, Canadian code and Zsutty’s equation for shear, it was shown that both ACI and Canadian code underestimated the shear strength of beams. Underestimation of shear strength from Canadian code was more pronounced at lower shear span-to-depth ratio.

Most of the research in this field focused on comparing one or two different codes prediction with experimental test results. To understand the accuracy of shear predictions in different codes, it is apparent to compare the predictions among these codes with experimental test results. This paper is therefore aimed at comparing the shear provisions in five different codes: Eurocode 2, BS 8110, Canadian code, ACI code 318 and Model code 2010 with the experimental test results from the literature. A database of shear critical beams without shear reinforcement compiled by Reineck et al ^[10] is used for the study.

2. Review of Shear Provisions in Different Codes

2.1. BS 8110

The shear resistance in beam without shear reinforcement is given as;

(1)

where 0.79 is a factor accounting for other parameters influencing the shear strength not considered in equation (1). 100A_s/bd is the reinforcement ratio which should be greater than 0.15 but less than 3. 400/d takes into account the size effect and should be not less than 0.67 for members without web reinforcement. ɣ_m is the concrete partial factor of safety. For concrete compressive strength (f_cu) greater than 25N/mm², equation (1) is multiplied by (f_cu/25)^1/3 to account for the influence of higher compressive strength on the shear strength. Increase in shear strength which occur in deep beams due to arching action is considered by multiplying the calculated shear strength by 2d/a_v for beams with shear span-to-depth ratio a/d<2-2.5.

2.2. Eurocode 2

Shear resistance of beams without shear reinforcement is similar to that of BS 8110 in that it takes into account the concrete compressive strength, effective depth and reinforcement ratio. The shear resistance is given as;

(2)

In equation (2), f_ckis the cylinder compressive strength of concrete in MPa,d is the effective depth in mm, is the longitudinal reinforcement ratio given as A_s/bd. ɣ_c is the concrete partial factor of safety and b_w is the beam width in mm. For beams with short shear span-to-depth ratio (), the calculated shear resistance is multiplied by a_v/2d to account for the influence of arching action.

2.3. ACI code 318

The shear resistance of nonprestressed concrete members without shear reinforcement is given as;

(3)

For detailed analysis, the shear resistance can be determined from;

(4)

where are the concrete compressive strength, flexural reinforcement ratio, width and effective depth of beam respectively. is a factor that account for light weight concrete. For normal concrete, is taken as 1. V_u and M_u are factored shear force and bending moment occurring simultaneously in the critical section considered. In any case V_ud/M_u should not be greater than 1.

2.4. Canadian Code

The Canadian code considers shear strength of beams without web reinforcement to be a function of compressive strength of concrete only. The shear resistance in beam without shear reinforcement is given as;

(5)

where f’_c, d and b_w are the concrete compressive strength in MPa, effective depth and width of beam respectively.

2.5. Model Code 2010

Model code 2010 shear design provision is much more complex than other codes considered in this study. It has different levels of approximation. The shear resistance of reinforced concrete beams without transverse reinforcement is given as;

(6)

where f_ckis the characteristic compressive strength of concrete in MPa,b is the width of the section in mm and z is the effective shear span depth and is assumed to be 0.95d in reinforced concrete members. is the concrete partial factor of safety. The term k_vconsiders the influence of strain in the web and the aggregate size. Model code 2010 offers two level of approximation to determine k_vin beams without shear reinforcement. These include level I and II. For level II approximation,

(7)

where

(8)

is the longitudinal strain in the web and k_dg is a factor that account for the size of aggregate. For level I approximation, equation (7) is further simplified with the assumption that strain in the reinforcement remains elastic at the point of failure in shear. As such the strain in the web is assumed to be one-half the yield strain of the flexural reinforcement. Also the maximum aggregate size can be assumed to be 9.6mm, making equation (8) equals 1.25. In this paper, level I approximation is used to calculate the shear resistance of beams.

3. Criteria for Selecting Experimental Test Results for the Study

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Figure 1. Number of beams against the effective depth of beams

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Figure 2. Number of beams against the reinforcement ratio

A total of 435 experimental test result on shear critical simply supported beams were selected from the database of Karl-Heinz Reineck ^[10] which contains 784 experimental test result of reinforced concrete beams without shear reinforcement. Only beams subjected to concentrated loads were considered. In order to avoid the effect of arching action, beams with shear span-to-depth ratio were not considered. The distribution of the effective depth, reinforcement ratio and concrete compressive strength of beams used in this study is shown in Figure 1-Figure 3. It can be observed from Figure 1 that the effective depth between 200-299mm has the highest frequency of about 72% of the total number of test result considered followed by effective depth between 300-399mm. Similarly, reinforcement ratio between the range of 1.5-1.99 and concrete compressive strength between the range of 20-29.99 has the highest frequencies of 23% and 39% respectively. These reflect the range of values commonly used for effective depth, reinforcement ratio and concrete compressive strength in most of the reinforced concrete design and construction.

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Figure 3. Number of beams against the compressive strength of concrete

4. Result and Discussion

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Figure 4. Experimental versus predicted shear force (BS 8110)

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Figure 5. Experimental versus predicted shear force (EC 2)

Figure 4-Figure 8 shows plots of experimental shear force versus predicted shear force from different codes. The threshold of V_result/V_pre= 1 is also plotted in these graphs. A look at these figures shows that Model code 2010 has the most scattered data points with respect to the threshold line (V_result/V_pre= 1). BS 8110 and EC 2 follows the same trend in predicting the shear resistance of beams. A detailed analysis of the predicted shear resistance from different codes using regression analysis is presented in Table 1. From this table, it can be seen that BS 8110 gave the lowest standard deviation of 0.25 while the lowest coefficient of variation of 0.19 occurred in BS 8110 and Eurocode 2 predictions. These results especially the predictions from BS8110, ACI 318, EC 2 and Canadian codes are in close agreement with the works of ^[11] and ^[12]. The minimum and maximum value of V_exp/V_code for Model code 2010 are both greater than 1 which shows that Model code 2010 prediction is the most conservative when compared with predictions from BS 8110, EC 2, Canadian code and AC1 318 code. This may be due to the simplifying assumption of half the yield strain in the level I approximation adopted in this study. In experimental test on reinforced concrete slabs failing in shear ^[13] it was shown that strain in the reinforcement was either closed to or reached the yield strain at failure. This therefore implies that Model code 2010 assumption of elastic strain in the reinforcement at failure is overly conservative. Canadian code had the highest number of unsafe predictions (i.e. predictions with V_exp/V_code<1).

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Figure 6. Experimental versus predicted shear force (ACI 318)

Table 1. Comparison of the ratio of experimental and predicted shear strength for 435 beams

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Figure 7. Experimental versus predicted shear force (Canadian code)

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Figure 8. Experimental versus predicted shear force (Model code 2010)

5. Summary and Conclusion

This study investigated the accuracy of shear strength predictions from five different codes. From this comparative analysis, the main conclusions can be summarised as follows;

1) Model code 2010 under estimate the shear strength of beams when compared to predictions from BS 8110, Euro code 2, ACI code 318 and Canadian code.

2) BS 8110, Eurocode 2 and ACI 318 code can fairly predict shear strength of beams without web reinforcement better than Model code 2010 and Canadian code.

3) Model code predictions are less than experimental test results for all the 435 experimental test results considered in this study.

4) Canadian code shear prediction had the highest percentage of unsafe design which is about 27.8% followed by prediction from ACI 318 code with 12.2%.

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