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Table 9 Cracking properties and modes of failure

From: Effect of short glass fiber on shear capacity for shallow wide reinforced concrete beams

Specimens

Types of the first crack

Flexural cracking load

(KN)

Shear cracking load

(KN)

Modes of failure

HB1

Diagonal shear crack

210

100

Brittle shear failure

HB2

Vertical flexure crack

110

210

Shear failure

HB3

Vertical flexure crack

120

250

Flexural shear failure

HB4

Vertical flexure crack

130

280

Flexural shear failure

HB5

Vertical flexure crack

130

310

Flexural shear failure