Shear Capacity Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Swimmer Bars as Shear Reinforcement

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2015 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 2 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Muneeb Ullah Khan, Muhammad Fahad, Khan Shahzada

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V2I6P104

How to Cite?

Muneeb Ullah Khan, Muhammad Fahad, Khan Shahzada, "Shear Capacity Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Swimmer Bars as Shear Reinforcement," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 2,  no. 6, pp. 14-20, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V2I6P104

Abstract:

This study is based upon the experimental investigation of shear reinforcement used in the reinforced concrete beams by using swimmer bars. In practice, vertical stirrup system is used in order to enhance the shear carrying capacity of beams. However in this research, a new type of shear reinforcement known as swimmer bars (inclined at an angle of 45°) are used in beams. Swimmer bars have more shear carrying capacity than vertical stirrups and can be placed with larger spacing. The effectiveness in terms of cost and shear carrying capacity is studied by casting beams in laboratory. The beam consisting of swimmer bars showed much more stiffness than beam with vertical bars. Also the ultimate load carrying capacity of swimmer bars is more than the vertical stirrups. Less number of cracks is formed in beams having swimmer bars.

Keywords:

Concrete, Shear, Swimmer bars, Stiffness

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