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Nayan67

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Hi all,
I am trying to design a capping beam that meets the definition of a deep beam, with an a/d ratio of around 1.0. I am curious about the standard practice for designing such a beam in terms of shear and flexure. Is it mandatory to design the beam using the strut and tie model? Alternatively, can we use equations available for ordinary beams to calculate the stirrups for shear force, and rely on beam theory for the computation of the flexural reinforcement?

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Nayan
 
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If ( a) is span and a/d ratio of around 1.0, the beam is definitely deep beam. In this case , linear–elastic flexural theory and plane sections remaining plane after bending is no more valid and shear deformation dominates the behaviour.

You may design with STM modelling or follow the rules specified at your code .




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Strut and tie seems to be the easiest approach.

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for deep beams I used to use strut and tie method. I once used a second method that I found in the canadian concrete Handbook (Park & Paulay method) where you can use the regular equations (Mr, Vr,...) but with reducing d (leval arm) parameter (distance between rebar in tension and compressed fiber of concrete).I compared the results to the strut and tie method and the final design was similar. You can see the article from the book in the images below .
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b = width of the wall?

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thanks...

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I guess this is a kind of grey area and STM itself is too liberal...
this topic is not clearly understood as a term 'disturbance' means.
For example, the above reference used distributed load; no difference for concentrated load condition?
Any data for pretension case like in the precast concrete walls? Just adjust compression strut and fy?
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