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Shear strength in concrete joints

DATA

Type of joint:
Construction joint between slabs,
walls, beams or columns elements.

Roughness of the interface: Rough

Geometry
Width of the interface: bi = 100 cm
Depth of the member: h = 25 cm
Construction joint angle: α: = 45 o(sex)
Concrete strength
Charac. compressive cylinder strength of concrete: fck = 25 MPa
Partial factor for concrete for ULS: γc = 1.5
Coefficient of fatigue (clause 3.1.6(2)P): αct = 1
Loads and forces
Dynamic loads : No
Design shear force: VEd = 210 KN
Design axial force: NEd = 0 KN
Reinforcement crossing the interface: Yes
Characteristic yield strength of reinforcement: fyk = 500 MPa
Partial factor for reinforcement for ULS: γs = 1.15
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Side 1 reinforcement: As1: 3.14 cm
Side 2 reinforcement: As2: 3.14 cm2
Values of country
Value v [clause 6.2.2(6)]: v = 0.6 ·(1-fck/250)

RESULT

Design value shear stress Design shear resistance Requirement

vEdi (MPa) vRdi (MPa) vEdi ≤ vRdi
0.59 2.21 OK

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DETAILS OF CALCULATION

Notation and methodology according to clause 6.2.5 of EC2

vEdi (design value of the shear stress) = 0.59 MPa

vEdi = (NEd·cosα + VEd·sinα)/ (h·bi)

vEdi = |0·cos45º + 210000·sin45º| / (250·1000) = 0.59 MPa

vRdi (design shear resistance at the interface) = 2.21 MPa

vRdi = min [vRdi(1) ; vRdi(2)] = min[2.21 ; 4.5] MPa

where:

vRdi(1) = c·fctd + µ·σn + ρ·fyd·(µ·sinα + cosα) = 2.21 MPa

vRdi(1) = 0.4·1.2 + 0.7·0.59 + 0.0025·434.78·(0.7·sin45º+cos45º)
with:
fctd (design tensile strength) = αct · fctk,0.05 / γc
fctd = 1 · 1.8 / 1.5 = 1.2 MPa
with:
fctk,0.05 = 0.7 · fctm = 0.7 · 2.56 = 1.8 MPa
fctm = 0,30 × fck(2/3) = 0,30 × 25(2/3) = 2.56 MPa
σn = (NEd·sinα + VEd·cosα)/ (h·bi)
σn = (0·sin45º + 210000·cos45º) / (250·1000) = 0.59 MPa
ρ = (As1+As2) / (h·bi) = (3.14+3.14) / (25·100) = 0.0025
fyd = fyk / γs = 500 /1.15 = 434.78 MPa
c = 0.4 ; µ = 0.7 (interface Rough, No dynamic loads)
vRdi(2) = 0.5·v·fcd = 0.5 · 0.54 · 16.67 = 4.5 MPa
with:
v = 0.6 ·(1-fck/250) = 0.54
fcd = αcc · fck / γc = 1 · 25 / 1.5 = 16.67 MPa

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