...Seyfe Nigussie Adamu; Temesgen Wondimu Aure; Tesfaye Alemu Mohammed Purpose From the factors that affect shear strength of reinforced concrete (RC) beams, the study examines the effect of controversial parameters, width-to-depth (b/d) and effective length-to-depth (l_eff/d) ratio...

... displacements. Then, the calibrated column models are further investigated to study the influence of bidirectional cyclic shear. Two scenarios are investigated, namely “simultaneous” and “sequential,” to compare the performance in terms of shear strength reduction. Findings The results show that the shear...