Research Article

Shear Failure of RC Dapped-End Beams

Table 4

The principal stresses and stress concentration factor at each RC-DEB (for all types of strain gages).

DEBStrain gage80% of () =
KNmm2MPaMPaMPa/

DEB-1A51.7816,8003.08(5.82)2.670.87
B51.7816,8003.08(147.62)206.0866.86
C51.7816,8003.08(193.67)426.29138.31
D51.7816,8003.08(12.88)18.175.90

DEB-2A79.4716,8004.73(5.26)2.030.43
B79.4716,8004.73(98.22)135.1128.56
C79.4716,8004.73(171.14)404.7085.55
D79.4716,8004.73(4.68)6.571.39

DEB-3A84.0716,8005.00(2.67)1.120.22
B84.0716,8005.00(79.30)111.2922.24
C84.0716,8005.00(197.08)398.4279.62
D84.0716,8005.00(0.64)3.520.70

DEB-4A76.1716,8004.53(5.17)2.170.48
B76.1716,8004.53(95.86)151.5433.42
C76.1716,8004.53(160.55)415.5691.66
D76.1716,8004.53(2.14)7.121.57