Strength of Footing with Punching Shear Preventers

Table 3

Comparison with ACI design code.

(a) The foundation without PSP

Name	/	Remark
Po_RC	1.03	Test
P_RC	0.92	FEM
Average	0.98

(b) The foundation with PSP that meets the design recommendation proposed in this study

Name	/	Remark
P5_3.2	1.26	Test
P5_6	1.19	Test
P5H_3.2	1.20	Test
PB	1.03	FEM
PT_2	1.03	FEM
Average	1.14	—