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445 - Shear and Torsion--Joint ACI-ASCE


Committee Mission: To develop and report information on the analysis and design of structural concrete subjected to shear and/or torsion in combination with bending and axial force, including prestressing.

Goals: 1. Assist 318-affiliated committees and subcommittees to address life-safety issues and to make other improvements in the ACI 318 Building Code. 2. Support ACI 318 affiliated committees to develop improved one-way and two-way shear design provisions; 3. Develop a new 445 committee document on shear design and behavior of structural concrete; 4. Merge the beam shear database efforts of members of 445 for the development and distribution of complete (collection) databases for researchers and of reduced size (selected) databases for use in the evaluation of design code provisions; 5. Work and coordinate with other ACI committees on topics of close interests such as ACI committees: 352, 421, and 446 6. Work closely with other national and international agencies to advance the state-of-the-art of shear and torsion in structural concrete; 7. Sponsor technical sessions focused on the dissemination of committee work

Chair: Adam Lubell

TAC Contact: Robert Frosch

Upcoming Open Meetings:
ACI Fall Convention 2024 - 11/4/2024 2:00 PM-6:00 PM Franklin 1,

Upcoming Convention Sessions:
Are we Living in a Golden Age of Instrumentation?, Part 1 of 2
ACI Spring Convention 2025 - Toronto, ON

Are we Living in a Golden Age of Instrumentation?, Part 2 of 2
ACI Spring Convention 2025 - Toronto, ON

Modeling and Performance Assessment of Concrete Structures, Part 1 of 2
ACI Spring Convention 2025 - Toronto, ON

Modeling and Performance Assessment of Concrete Structures, Part 2 of 2
ACI Spring Convention 2025 - Toronto, ON

New and Updated Examples for Design Using the Strut-and-Tie Method, Part 2 of 2
ACI Spring Convention 2025 - Toronto, ON

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Meeting Agenda & Approved Minutes
Meeting--March 25, 2024
Meeting--October 30, 2023
Meeting--April 03, 2023
Meeting--October 24, 2022
Meeting--March 28, 2022
Meeting--October 18, 2021
Meeting--March 29, 2021
Meeting--October 26, 2020
Meeting--October 21, 2019
Meeting--March 25, 2019
Meeting--October 15, 2018
Meeting--March 26, 2018
Meeting--October 16, 2017
Meeting--March 27, 2017
Meeting--October 24, 2016
Meeting--November 09, 2015
Meeting--April 13, 2015
Meeting--October 27, 2014
Meeting--October 17, 2011
Meeting--October 25, 2010
Meeting--March 22, 2010
Meeting--November 09, 2009
Meeting--March 16, 2009
Meeting--October 26, 2004
Meeting--March 17, 2004
Meeting--September 30, 2003
Meeting--March 17, 1999