Jonathan Ochshorn
© 2012 Jonathan Ochshorn. This discussion of web steel (stirrups) in reinforced concrete beams supplements a free online stirrup spacing calculator that I developed.
Stirrup spacing calculator | Back to stirrup spacing paper |Figure 1. If the maximum shear force falls in Zone I, then no web steel is needed.
First posted 4 June 2012. Last updated: 5 June 2012