Section outline


  • Introduction

    Design shear stresses generally act along planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a member. These stresses, either alone or in combination with normal stresses, create principal tensile stresses that can lead to sudden failure. This topic will deal with the countering of shear forces in the beam.


    Lesson Objective

    • Understand the failure mechanism due to shear   
    • Learn to determine the shear capacity of typical rectangular beam
    • Learn to design the shear reinforcement for a typical rectangular beam

    Lesson Plan

    The topic objective will be met through the definition, example and subsequent mathematical example of the topic. The understanding of the student will be accessed by relevant forum discussion, quizzes and other activities.