Assessment of Shear Strength Models of Reinforced
Concrete Columns
Authors: Van-Hoa Nguyen, Ngoc-Minh Pham, Trong-Cuong Vo, Duy-Duan Nguyen
Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
: Vol. 12, No. 6, 2022, 9440-9444 : 9442
Publishing year: 7/2022
Abstract-Shear strength is a crucial parameter in designing
Reinforced Concrete (RC) columns considering the effects of
lateral loads such as wind or earthquakes. Numerous design
codes and published studies have proposed equations for
calculating the shear strength of RC columns. However, a
discrepancy exists between the calculated models and the
experimental results. The aim of this study is to evaluate the
calculated models for the shear strength of rectangular RC
columns based on 735 data sets, obtained from the literature. Six
code-based and empirical models are investigated in this paper.
The four code-based models include ACI 318 (2014), CSA (2014),
Eurocode 8 (2005), and FEMA 273 (1997), and the two empirical
models are proposed by Ascheim & Moehle (1992) and Sezen &
Moehle (2004). The shear strengths of RC columns are calculated
for the six models using inputs from the experimental database.
Finally, the results are evaluated using statistical indicators,
including coefficient of determination and root-mean-squared
error. The results reveal that Eurocode 8 (2005) is the best model,
followed by Sezen & Moehle (2004) and Canada CSA (2014) since
the results of those models are close to the experimental ones and
shown to be more conservative than the others.
empirical formula; experimental data; rectangular RC column; shear strength