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Traverse Spacing of Shear Reinf. in Wide Concrete Beams

Thread starter MPHenry
Start date Nov 27, 2001

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Nov 27, 2001

MPHenry

Structural

In ACI 318 I cannot find any direct provision for the traverse spacing of shear stirrups in wide reinforced concrete beams (1m +). The code only seems to refer to the standard longitudinal spacing of stirrups using 2 legs. Can anyone give me some guidelines on this topic?

Regards

Mike B-)