Print Email Facebook Twitter Shear Capacity of Concrete Beams under Sustained Loading Title Shear Capacity of Concrete Beams under Sustained Loading Author Sarkhosh, R. Walraven, J.C. Den Uijl, J.A. Braam, C.R. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2013-05-06 Abstract Long-term tests on large-scale concrete beams without shear reinforcement, which are tested for more than two years under sustained loading close to the ultimate shear capacity (load ratio ranging from 87% to 95%) under climate controlled condition, show that sustained loading has no significant effect on the shear capacity. Although many flexural and shear cracks develop, the beams carry the load for a long time. The tests show that crack formation takes place only within some days after the load application, but after a week the cracks stabilize and become dormant. Subject shear capacityconcrete beamssustained loadingtime effect To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e1508853-0133-48f0-ac12-f4b45ef9e76a Publisher IABSE Source International IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013; Authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 The Author(s) Files PDF 296037.pdf 1.11 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e1508853-0133-48f0-ac12-f4b45ef9e76a/datastream/OBJ/view