Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams

Excerpt from Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams: Effect of Bending and Anchoring Reinforcing Bars

During the school year l9o4 - 'o5, five beams were tested at the University of Illinois with the reinforcing bars bent up. Little was learned from these tests except that the rods were bent up too near the center of the beam and that it might be well to anchor the rods. The tendency of a beam to fail by shear is great where the rods in the beam are all horizontal. That this can be remedied by a proper bending and anchoring of the rods can not be doubted. With this object in view the beams used in the present test were made. Nineteen beams in all were made, all having the same cross - section and Span and all limited to about 1% reinforcement.

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