Experimental Research and Calculation Analysis on Shear Crack Load of Steel Reinforced Concrete T-Shaped Columns

Based on the experiment of 8 steel reinforced concrete T-shaped columns specimens under monotonic static shear load, test value of shear crack load were obtained. Influence on shear crack load because of the shear span ratio, axial compression ratio and stirrup ratio was analyzed, the added coefficient θ of flange and α of steel were introduced. The calculation formula for shear cracking load was given. It is shown that shear cracking load reduces as the shear span ratio and increases with the axial compression ratio increases within a certain range, shear cracking load increases with stirrup ratio increasing, the calculated value of shear cracking load is in good agreement with the experimental data.