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BS 8110 Design - Shear
Table 3 Form and area of shear reinforcements in beams Value of υ Form of shear reinforcement to be Area of shear reinforcement pr ovided t o be pr ovided N/mm 2 Less than 0.5 υ c t hr oughout t he beam S ee N OTE 1 — 0.5 υ c < v < ( υ c + 0.4) Minimum links for whole Asv 0.4 b v s v /0.87fyv length of beam (see NOTE 2) (υ c + 0.4) < υ < 0.8 fcu or 5 N/mm 2 Links or links combined with Where links only provided: bent-up bars. Not more than 50% Asv bv s v (υ – υ c )/0.87fyv of the shear resistance provided Where links and bent-up by the steel may be in the form bars provided: see 3.4.5.6 of bent-up bars (see NOTE 3) of BS 8110 NOTE 1 While minimum links should be provided in all beams of structural importance, it will be satisfactory to omit them in members of minor structural importance such as lintels or where the maximum design shear stress is less than half υ c. NOTE 2 Minimum links provide a design shear resistance of 0.4 N/mm.2 NOTE 3 See 3.4.5.5 of BS 8110 for guidance on spacing of links and bent-up bars.
NOTE 1 Allowance has been made in these figures for a γm of 1.25.
NOTE 2 For characteristic concrete strength greater than 25 N/mm 2, the values in this table may be multiplied by 1 (f cu /25) /3, the value of f cu should not be taken as greater than 40.