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Concrete cone failure

Thread starter ynnuseel0106
Start date Jun 17, 2015

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Jun 17, 2015

ynnuseel0106

Structural

Does anyone know if I want to check the concrete cone failure according to the BS code(probably due to an anchor bolt), should be used the concrete maximum allowable shear stress, i.e. 0.8*(fcu)^0.5, or use the concrete shear stress, vc?? Thanks for reply!!!