@article { author = {}, title = {SHEAR STRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS–RELATIONAL DATA BASE}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering}, volume = {39}, number = {C1}, pages = {53-63}, year = {2015}, publisher = {Shiraz University}, issn = {2228-6160}, eissn = {}, doi = {10.22099/ijstc.2015.2750}, abstract = {Shear capacity of concrete (Vc) in reinforced concrete members depends on a numberof influencing parameters including compressive strength of concrete (ƒ􀢉), ratio of tensionreinforcement (􀣋), shear span to depth ratio (􀢇􀢊), size effect or depth factor (ξ), size of the aggregatein relation to the minimum size of the member (aggregate interlock aspects). Over the last severaldecades, researchers have tested reinforced concrete beams (without web reinforcement) to studythese parameters over a range limited by the breadth and depth of their experimental investigationsand, on the basis of their experimental results, proposed empirical equations for predicting theshear capacity of concrete in reinforced concrete beams.In this paper a relational database using ACCESS software is developed. The databasecontains experimental results of 2145 shear critical reinforced concrete beams without webreinforcement.Using the ACCESS shear database developed in this study, an evaluation was conducted toassess the predictive accuracy of shear design equation of Euro Code EC2. The results indicatethat the Euro Code EC2 design equations are found to be adequately conservative to predict theshear capacity of reinforced concrete beams over the range of variables considered in this study.}, keywords = {Shear strength,concrete compressive strength,shear span to depth ratio empirical equations,database}, url = {https://ijstc.shirazu.ac.ir/article_2750.html}, eprint = {https://ijstc.shirazu.ac.ir/article_2750_c433a77a5b07e64be3046219313f6d0a.pdf} }