RC Shell Shear Capacity Demonstration Example

For the demonstration of the RC plate design, let us consider the Egt HL previously defined
ultimate load combination, furthermore let the marked node (see on the picture below) be the
reference node in this example, where we check and calculate the results. During the hand
calculations all the shear forces are denoted with capital V.

1.) Required shear capacity

On the two figures below we can see the internal shear forces of the shell, Vxz and Vyz in its local
system. From these we can obtain the resultant shear force, namely the required design capacity
according to the following equation (lower figure):

= + = 1882 + 1842 = 263.06 /

2.) Applied shear capacity

The basic equation for the applied shear capacity (without shear reinforcement) according to the EC:
1
, = [, (100 )3 + 1 ] ,, ,

At the check we choose the tensioned side, in this case it is the bottom of plate according to the
principal bending moments (m1 and m2).

For the calculation we need the following basic data:

plate thickness: 250 mm

concrete cover thickness: 30mm

longitudinal reinforcing on the tensioned (top) side: 8/150 basic net and additional

12/150 reinforcing net in the reference point (see the picture below)

184
direction of the resultant shear force: = (188) = 44.41

width of the examined part of the plate: = 1000

characteristic strength of the concrete: = 25

82 122
x and y directional tensioned reinforcement area: = = 4

150 + 4

150 =

1089.08 2

the direction of the reinforcing bars now coincides with the local system of the plate, thus:

= 0 , = 90

1 = 0.15
Calculated values:
0.18 0.18
, =
= 1.5
= 0.12 []

+ (250 36 )+(250 48 )
= 2
= 2
= 208

200 200
= 1+ = 1+ = 1.9806 []
208

= cos2 ( ) + cos2 ( ) = 1089.08 2

1089.08
= = = 5.236 103 [] ( 0.02 )
1000208

= 0 ( )

Applied shear capacity by hand calculation:

3 1
,, = (0.035 2 2 + 1 ) = 101.46 /

1
,,1 = [, (100 )3 + 1 ] = 116.51 /

, = max(,, , ,,1 ) = 116.51 /

Applied shear capacity by FEM-Design (tooltip and numeric value for the decimals):
2.) Missing shear capacity

The calculation of the missing shear capacity depends on the ratio of the required and applied shear
capacity. If the applied is less than the required capacity (with other words the shear check is not OK)
then the FEM-Design displays that the missing capacity equals with the required one. In the other
case, when the shear capacity coming from the concrete and longitudinal bars is enough and no
additional shear reinforcement is needed and the missing capacity is determined by the following
way:

Thus where the shear check is OK, the missing capacity is a negative number. Now let us investigate
our example:

= 263.06 / > = 116.51 /

The required capacity is larger than the applied one, thus the missing capacity coincides with the
required, as it can be seen on the picture below:

Now the applied load is quite large, thus the shear check fails. Due to the fact that the applied shear
capacity coming from the concrete and longitudinal bars, then applying stronger/thicker concrete
and larger shear reinforcement would lead to a successful check and negative value would appear in
the reference point for the missing capacity.