... PROPERTIES WEBS ORTHOGONAL REINFORCEMENT DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR ULTIMATE LOADS CRACKING FAILURES MODES STEEL TENSION STRAIN RATIOS SPAN TO DEPTH EQUATIONS CRACKS SPLITTING DIAGONAL LIMIT STATE Shear strength of reinforced and prestressed concrete deep beams. Part II: the supporting...

... I993 slab acting as the horizontal member. Results are given here ofthe tests of the connections between this member andthe steelwork. These and earlier tests provide the basis for tentative design rules, relating to stiffness, diagonal tension cracking of the slab, andlocal yielding of the steel top...

... to form. Theseare diagonal splitting cracks. This ifsollowed by more splitting cracks in the panel pointing roughly in the direction between the edgeof load and the support. At some stage, flexural cracks develop and progress towards the topin the central region. The flexural cracks then stop progressing...