Title:
Learning Through Hands-On Reinforced Concrete Beam Experiments
Author(s):
Ian N. Robertson and Gaur P. Johnson
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
37
Issue:
7
Appears on pages(s):
40-45
Keywords:
design, failure, steel, fiber
DOI:
Date:
7/1/2015
Abstract:
A laboratory section was added to the senior-level reinforced concrete design class at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a supplement to classroom instructions. The lab work focuses on fabrication and testing of reinforced concrete beams designed to highlight specific failure modes. Flexural tests included beams with less than minimum reinforcement, tension-controlled, and transition zone flexural reinforcement. Shear tests included beams with and without shear reinforcement. One series of tests is described.