Brandon
Civil/Environmental
- Oct 16, 2000
- 29
What are the reasons for using a strut and tie model for deep beams? Will traditional design methods for flexure (Whitney stress block) and shear yield unconservative results for deep beams? Or does the strut and tie model just produce more economical designs?
I have never used strut and tie, but have a current project where a structure meets the deep beam criteria, and I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra time to learn strut and tie to model it. Using tradional flexure design methods, the flexural steel requirements are very low.
I have never used strut and tie, but have a current project where a structure meets the deep beam criteria, and I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra time to learn strut and tie to model it. Using tradional flexure design methods, the flexural steel requirements are very low.