Concrete shear resistance capacity is a serious problem despite the several improvements attempts through different models.
Certainly, improvement in concrete shear assessment will prolong the structural service life. Thus, the need for more research
works in order to improve on the drawback in the current European code formulation. Therefore, this paper presents a suggestion
for mitigation of shear failure through the improvement of shear performance enhancement that employs a more rational scheme
to the development of concrete shear resistance factors. The result from the numerical examples given herein shows a
considerable improvement in the concrete shear resistance estimation of about 11%. This shows that the developed shear
resistance factors will significantly improve the EC2 shear formulation when applied.
Key words: Reinforced concrete, Concrete shear, Eurocode
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