American University of Sharjah

College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Semester: Spring 2008
CVE411: Structural Concrete Design
ACI Provisions for Design of Shear alls
1- The factored beam shear must be eual to or less than the design shear
strength of the !all"
n u
V V
2- The Design shear strength of a !all is eual to the design shear strength of
the concrete plus that of the shear reinforcing
s c u
V V V +
#- The shear strength
n
V
at an$ hori%ontal section in the plane of the !all ma$
not be ta&en greater than
hd f
c
10
'(C) section 11"10"#*
+- )n designing for the hori%ontal shear forces in the plane of a !all, d is to be
ta&en as eual to

l 8 " 0
!here

l
is the hori%ontal !all length bet!een
faces of the supports, unless it can be proved to be larger b$ a strain
compatibilit$ anal$sis '(C) section 11"10"+*
-- (C) Section 11"10"- states that unless a more detailed calculation is made
'as described in the ne.t paragraph*, the value of the nominal shear strength
c
V
used ma$ not be larger than 2
hd f
c
for !alls sub/ect to a factored
a.ial compressive load
u
N
, the value of
c
V
ma$ not be larger than the
value obtained !ith the follo!ing euation:
d b f
A
N
V
c
g
u
c

,
_

+
-00
1 2
'(C) Euation 11-8*
0- 1sing a more detailed anal$sis, the value of
c
V
is to be ta&en as the smaller
value obtained b$ substituting into the t!o euations that follo!, in !hich
u
N
is the factored a.ial load normal to the cross section occurring
simultaneousl$ !ith
u
V
,
u
N
is to be considered positive for compression
and negative for tension '(C) section 11"10"0*

l
d N
hd f V
u
c c
+
# " # +
'(C) Euation 11-22*
or

( )
hd
l
V
M
h l N f l
f V
u
u
u c
c c
1
1
1
1
]
1

+
+
2
2 " 0 2- " 1
0 " 0

'(C) Euation 11-#0*
The first of these euations !as developed to predict the inclined crac&ing
strength at an$ section through a shear !all corresponding to a principal tensile
stress of about
c
f +
at the centroid of the !all cross section" The second
euation !as developed to correspond to an occurrence of a fle.ural tensile stress
of
c
f 0
at a section
2 3

l
above the section being investigated" Should
2 3

l V M
u u

4e negative, the second euation !ill have no significance and !ill not be used"
5- The values of
c
V
computed b$ the t!o preceding euations at a distance
from the base eual to
2 h or 2

l
'!hichever is less* are applicable for
all sections bet!een this section and one at the !all base '(C) section
11"10"5*"
8- Should the factored shear
u
V
be less than
2
c
V
computed as described
in the preceding t!o paragraphs, it !ill not be necessar$ to provide a
minimum amount of both hori%ontal and vertical reinforcing, as described in
(C) section 11"10"2 or chapter 1+ of the Code"
2- Should
u
V
be greater than
2
c
V
, shear !all reinforcing must be
designed as described in section 11"10"2 of the Code"
10- )f the factored shear force
u
V
e.ceeds the shear strength
c
V
, the value of
s
V
is to be determined from the follo!ing e.pression, in !hich
v
A
is the
area of the hori%ontal shear reinforcement and
2
s
is the spacing of the shear
or torsional reinforcing in a direction perpendicular to the hori%ontal
reinforcing '(C) section 11"10"2"1*
2
s
d f A
V
y v
s

'(C) Euation 11-#1*
11- The amount of hori%ontal shear reinforcing
h

'as a percent of the gross

vertical concrete area* shall not be less than 0"002- '(C) section 11"10"2"2*
h s A
A
A
g
g
vh
h 2 2
2
!
12- The 6a.imum spacing of hori%ontal shear reinforcing
2
s
shall not be
greater than
h l # , -

or 18 in" '(C) section 11"10"2"#*"

1#- The amount of vertical shear reinforcing
n

'as a percent of the gross

hori%ontal concrete area* shall not be less than the value given b$ the
follo!ing euation, in !hich

h
is the total height of the !all '(C) section
11"10"2"+*"
( ) 002- " 0 - " 2 - " 0 002- " 0

,
_

+
h n
l
h

'(C) Section 11-#2*

)t shall not be less than 0"002- but need not be greater than the reuired hori%ontal
shear reinforcing
h

"
h s A
A
A
g
g
vn
n 1 1
1
!
7or high !alls the vertical reinforcing is much less effective than it is in lo! !alls"
This fact is reflected in the preceding euation, !here for !alls !ith a height3length
ratio less than 0"-, the amount of vertical reinforcing reuired euals the hori%ontal
reinforcing reuired" )f the ratio is larger than 2"-, onl$ a minimum amount of vertical
reinforcing is reuired 'that is
h s
1
02- " 00
*"
1+- The ma.imum spacing of vertical shear reinforcing
1
S
shall not be greater
than
h l # , # 3

or 18 in" '(C) 11"10"2"-*"