FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DESIGN EQUATION PROPOSED BY A.C.I-A.S.C.E COMMITTEE 426 FOR COMPUTING SHEAR CAPACITY OF NON-PRESTRESSED R.C. BEAMS WITHOUT WEB REINFORCEMENT

A summary of a statistical study of shear capacity of non-prestressed R.C. beams without web reinforcement is presented. The study was aimed at assessing the feasibility study of equation for shear design of R. C. beams as proposed by ACI-ASCE committee 426. All beams used in the statistical analysis had a shear span/effective depth of at least 2.5 and contained no shear reinforcement. The database used in the statistical analysis comprised of 360 beams reported in literature. A design equation is proposed as a result of this study for shear design of non-prestressed reinforced concrete beams