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.
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Figure 4. If the maximum shear force falls in Zone III and is greater than the shear force corresponding to regular maximum spacing, then the spacing, s = 2Asfyd/Vs, is needed up until the point where regular maximum spacing governs, with no web steel needed in Zone I.
First posted 4 June 2012. Last updated: 5 June 2012