Flexural Cracking's Effect on Shear Capacity
Flexural Cracking's Effect on Shear Capacity
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If you have a normal reinforced concrete beam (non PT) that develops flexural cracks, how do you determine the reduced shear capacity at the cracked section? Cant seem to find any references that point to an answer.






RE: Flexural Cracking's Effect on Shear Capacity
In the Canadian codes the concrete shear strength is determined from the state of stress following the ultimate shear crack without much regard to how the crack started.
I'm sure I could have explained all that more clearly - but flexural cracking is already considered in code provisions.