Shear and Punching Capacity Predictions for One-Way Slabs under Concentrated Loads Considering the Transition between Failure Mechanisms
Alex M.D. de Sousa (Universidade de São Paulo)
Eva Olivia Leontien Lantsoght (TU Delft - Concrete Structures, Universidad San Francisco de Quito)
Mounir K. El El Debs (Universidade de São Paulo)
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Abstract
Reinforced concrete one-way slabs under concentrated loads can develop different shear failure mechanisms: as wide beams in one-way shear, punching shear around the load or a mixed mode between them. Until now, most publications presented recommendations to assess the shear capacity considering only the one-way shear failure mechanism. This study proposed developing recommendations to assess both the one-way shear and punching shear capacity of such slabs. Different codes of practice were addressed, including the current Eurocode and fib Model Code 2010 expressions. The recommendations were validated against 143 test results from the literature. Following these recommendations, one-way shear and punching capacities predictions achieved enhanced and almost the same level of accuracy.
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