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Since the mid-eighties, there has been an increasing amount of experimental evidence which shows that many of the concepts underlying current-code provisions for the design of reinforced-concrete (RC) structures are in conflict with fundamental properties of concrete at both the material and the structure levels.
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- Reinforce Concrete
- Shear Capacity
- Compressive Zone
- Transverse Reinforcement
- Reinforce Concrete Structure
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Kotsovos, M.D. (2014). Reappraisal of Concepts Underlying Reinforced-Concrete Design. In: Compressive Force-Path Method. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00488-4_1
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