@hokie66, if steel does not yield before concrete cracks/crushes (in other words: steel yields after concrete cracks/crushes) then it follows that concrete fails first ? hmmm? ( P.S. Did I used the words crack and crush correctly? )
1. Could someone kindly explain why steel should yield first before concrete fails?
2. Let's say on the tension side of a beam, how would the steel fails first before the concrete knowing that the steel is basically the one that support the tensile stress? Isn't it that the concrete would...
