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Justification of ACI 446 Proposal for Updating ACI Code Provisions for Shear Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams. Paper by Zdenek P. Bazant, Qiang Yu, Walter Gerstle, James Hanson, and J. Woody Ju/AUTHORS' CLOSURE
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ACI Structural Journal
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Bentz, Evan C
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Discussion by Evan C. Bentz
ACI member, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
The authors are to be congratulated for writing a comprehensive paper that summarizes the opinions of ACI Committee 446 on fracture mechanics approaches to shear design. First, it must be noted that the discusser agrees that the size effect should be included in the shear design methods of the ACI Code. Whereas the discusser does not fully agree with the method being proposed, he welcomes the increased attention to the issue that should result from this paper. The discusser has the following questions and comments on the paper:
1. The authors state that it is inappropriate to trust ...