Contrary to rectangular deep beams, inverted-T beams are loaded on a ledge at the bottom chord of the beam. This loading configuration induces a tension field into the web and the resulting complex strain distribution renders sectional design provisions inadequate. The applicability of strut-and-tie modeling (STM), developed for rectangular deep beams and simpler, two-dimensional designs, was evaluated. An experimental study was conducted in which 33 tests were performed on 22 large-scale reinforced concrete inverted-T beams and the effects of the following variables were investigated: ledge geometry, quantity of web reinforcement, number of point loads, member depth, and shear span-depth ratio. It was concluded that strut-and-tie modeling, although developed for much simpler structural components, offers a simple and accurate design method for the more complex strain distributions in inverted-T beams.
Varney, N., Fernandez-Gomez, E., Garber, D., Kani, M., Bayrak, O. INVERTED-T BEAMS: EXPERIMENTS AND STRUT-AND-TIE MODELING,
American concrete institute, 2015, с. 147-156.
Varney, N., Fernandez-Gomez, E., Garber, D., Kani, M., Bayrak, O. .
INVERTED-T BEAMS: EXPERIMENTS AND STRUT-AND-TIE MODELING.
: American concrete institute, 2015, с. 147-156.
Varney, N., Fernandez-Gomez, E., Garber, D., Kani, M., Bayrak, O. (2015)
INVERTED-T BEAMS: EXPERIMENTS AND STRUT-AND-TIE MODELING,
: American concrete institute, с. 147-156
Varney, N.,
Fernandez-Gomez, E.,
Garber, D.,
Kani, M., &
Bayrak, O.
(2015).
INVERTED-T BEAMS: EXPERIMENTS AND STRUT-AND-TIE MODELING. ACI Structural journal. American concrete institute 112 (2), с. 147-156.
