Its been quite a while since I started a thread in this forum. I forgot about the ACI Code Forum. Please see the following thread for my question that I posted earlier to the 'Structural engineering other technical topics forum;' thanks in advance,
Paul
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I am reviewing a structure designed to the ACI-71 code which states shear stirrups are required for corbels. A.h of stirrups is to be no less than 50% of primary tension steel area, A.s. The designer decided that since the shear could be carried by the concrete that stirrups would not be...
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