Sensitivity analysis on numerical modeling to simulate the flexural shear failure for reinforced concrete beams without stirrups

Flexural shear failure is a brittle failure mode that can occur in reinforced concrete (RC) beams without stirrups due to the combination of flexural and shear stresses. The failure mode begins with vertical flexural cracks at the bottom of the RC beam central span area due to flexural tensile stresses, followed by diagonal cracks. During...

Influence of Numerical Size Effect in Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis: Investigation of Different Configurations of Iterative-Incremental Method for Shear Failure Mode of Reinforced Concrete without Shear Reinforcement

In concrete structures, shear failure is one of the failure mechanisms that should be estimated carefully due to its brittle nature. As the technology advances, the capacity of shear in concrete structures can be calculated with the analytical formulation in codes and standards and simulated with NLFEA. The shear capacity is affected by the size...