ACI SP-134:1992 PDF Download

ACI SP-134:1992 is a technical paper session organized by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) in 1990. The purpose of this session was to introduce and discuss the application of fracture mechanics concepts in the design of concrete structures. The ACI 318 Building Code, currently used by designers in the United States, does not incorporate fracture mechanics concepts. Therefore, the focus of this session was to present advancements in fracture mechanics and explore ways to integrate them into the building code.

The table of contents of ACI SP-134:1992 provides an overview of the papers presented during the technical session. These papers cover various topics related to fracture mechanics in concrete design, such as the size effect in reinforced flexural members, mixed-mode fracture concepts, modeling the pullout of anchor bolts, computer simulation of pullout tests, steel-concrete bond analysis, designing for progressive cracking in reinforced concrete slabs, crack control design in reinforced concrete beams, and the response of plain and reinforced concrete structures under cyclic loadings.