TESTS TO DETERMINE PERFORMANCE OF DEFORMED WELDED WIRE FABRIC STIRRUPS

Two full-scale beams with cold-rolled Grade 500, deformed welded wire fabric U-stirrups were tested to assess the service and utlimate load performance of the welded wire fabric as shear reinforcement. By comparing the responses of these beams with two companion beams reinforced with hot-rolled, Grade 400 stirrups, it was demonstrated that the use of welded wire fabric resulted in better diagonal crack control and enabled large strains to be developed in the stirrups. These tests demonstrated that the full yield stress of Grade 500 reinforcement can be developed in the stirrups. The predicted shear capacity of these beams, computed using the 1989 ACI Building Code expression, underestimated the actual strengths. The modified compression field theory provided a more accurate prediction of their capacities.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute

  P.O. Box 19150, Redford Station, 22400 Seven Mile Road
  Detroit, MI  United States  48219
• Authors:
  • Griezic, A
  • Cook, W D
  • Mitchell, D
• Publication Date: 1994-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 211-220
• Serial:
  • ACI Structural Journal
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0889-3241
  • Serial URL: http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/SJHOME.ASP

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bearing capacity; Breaking loads; Cracking; Forecasting; Material reinforcement; Performance; Shear strength; Stirrups; Strain (Mechanics); Stresses; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Testing; Welded wire fabrics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains; Yield
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00643826
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1994 12:00AM