VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

A PROJECT REPORT ON
“EFFECT OF WEB REINFORCEMENT ON SHEAR STRENGTH OF
DEEP BEAMS”

A project report submitted in partial fulfilment of requirements of 8th semester

of bachelor of engineering course during the year 2016-2017

Submitted by:
ARUN M
USN-1CR14CV400

Under the Guidance of

Mr.NARESH DIXIT P S
Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BANGALORE-560037
 CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
BANGALORE

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This to certify that the project on “EFFECT OF WEB REINFORCEMENT

ON SHEAR STRENGTH OF DEEP BEAMS” is a bonafide work carried out
by ARUN M bearing USN 1CR14CV400 in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Civil
Engineering from the Visvesvaraya Technological University during the
academic year 2016-2017. It is certified that the project report satisfies the
academic requirement in respect of project work described for the Bachelor of
Engineering degree.

Mr. NARESH DIXIT P S Dr. ASHA M NAIR

Assistant Professor Head of Department
Project Guide Civil Engineering
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction that accompanies the successful completion of any task would be
incomplete without mentioning of the people who made it possible. Many responsible for the
knowledge and experience gained during the work course.

I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to our principal Dr. SANJAY
CHITINIS, CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE, BANGALORE for his
motivation and for creating an inspiring atmosphere in the college by providing state of art
facilities for preparation and delivery of project.

My sincere thanks to Dr.ASHA M NAIR, Head of Department Civil Engineering for

her whole hearted support in complementation of the project.

I am highly indebted to my project co-ordinator and my project guide Mr. NARESH

DIXIT P S, Assistant Professor for guiding and giving timely advices and suggestion in the
successful completion of the project.

Last but not least, I would like to thanks The Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff of Civil
Engineering Department, I would like thank one and all who have helped me during the
course of this project.

ARUN M

1CR14CV400
 ABSTRACT

According to ACI 318-02, 7 deep beams are defined as members loaded on one face
and supported on the opposite face, so that compression struts can develop between the loads
and the supports. Moreover, deep beams have either: ln/h ≤ 4.0; or a/h ≤ 2.0, where ln is the
clear span of the deep beam, h is the overall depth, and a is the shear span length. Reinforced
concrete (RC) deep beams are used as load distributing structural elements such as transfer
girders, pile caps, foundation walls, water tanks and tall buildings etc. Due to the small value
of span-depth ratio, the strength of deep beams is usually controlled by shear rather than
flexural strength, if normal amounts of longitudinal reinforcement are used. In addition, the
deep beams’ shear strength is significantly greater than that of regular RC beams (high span
to depth ratio; ln/h>4), because of the special capacity of deep beams in redistributing
internal forces before failure. Their stress developing mechanisms of force transfer are quite
different from those of regular beams. As per code provisions given by Bureau of Indian
Standards a beam shall be considered as deep beam when the ratio of effective span to overall
depth ratio is less than 2.0 for simply supported beams.

In this thesis we intend to study the effect of web reinforcement on the shear capacity
of the deep beams by doing a parametric study. The beams will be cast by varying the span
depth ratios and by using various percentages of main reinforcement and web reinforcement.
Further the workability and strength parameters of the concrete and beams will be tested and
compared as per the suitable codal provisions.

In the end the thesis intends to find the effect of web reinforcement on shear
parameter and also to find optimum percentage of shear reinforcement. Also to find the
suitability of this as a structural member and best reinforcement material.

Key words- RC Deep Beam, ACI-American Concrete Institute, Span depth ratio, Shear
Reinforcement, Web reinforcement.
CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Deep Beam 1
1.2 History and Development 3
1.3 Literature Review 5
1.4 Need for Research 13

2. METHODOLOGY 15
2.1 General 15
2.2 Moulds 15
2.3 Concrete Mix Design 16
2.4 Requirements of Concrete Mix Design 17
2.5 Factors to be considered for Mix Design 18

3. MATERIAL 19
3.1 Initial Material Test Conducted 19
3.2 Mix Design for M25 Concrete as per IS 10262-2009 23
3.3 Reinforcement and Beam Dimensions 25

4. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 27
4.1 Reinforcement Details 27
4.2 Bar-Bending Schedule 32
4.3 Casting of Beams 34
4.4 Experimental Setup 35
4.5 Distribution of Shearing Stress over a Rectangular Section 36

5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 38

5.1 General 38
5.2 Shear Stress 38
5.3 Diagonal Cracking and Ultimate Shear Strength 39
5.4 Test Results 40
5.5 Observations 40
5.6 Cracking Patterns 42

6. CONCLUSION 49

7. REFERENCES 51