ramihabchi
Structural
- May 1, 2019
- 98
Hi, I have a straight forward question:
In ACI 336.R88, they say the following:
"A flexible strip footing (either isolated or taken from
a mat) should be analyzed as a beam-on-elastic foundation. Thickness is normally established on the basis
of allowable wide beam or punching shear without use
of shear reinforcement; however, this does not prohibit
the designer’s use of shear reinforcement in specific situations"
my question is:can we freely choose when to use shear reinforcement to reduce flexible foundation thickness? if not when we can?
In ACI 336.R88, they say the following:
"A flexible strip footing (either isolated or taken from
a mat) should be analyzed as a beam-on-elastic foundation. Thickness is normally established on the basis
of allowable wide beam or punching shear without use
of shear reinforcement; however, this does not prohibit
the designer’s use of shear reinforcement in specific situations"
my question is:can we freely choose when to use shear reinforcement to reduce flexible foundation thickness? if not when we can?
