Peak shear strength of flanged reinforced concrete squat walls

• Main Authors: Ma, Jiaxing, Ning, Chao-Lie, Li, Bing
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Flanged Wall; Squat Wall
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159636
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Flanged RC squat walls, defined by a shear span ratio less than two, are widely used in conventional buildings and nuclear facilities. However, due to the mechanical defects and insufficient parameters included, equations available in building codes and the literature exhibit significant scatter in...