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Punching shear
Punching shear arises when a concentrated load is applied to a small area of a slab or, most
commonly, the reaction of a column against a slab. The resulting stresses are veri ed along
de ned control perimeters around the loaded area.

The shear force, VEd acts over an area ude , where

u    = the length of the perimeter. The basic perimeter, u1 is at 2de from the
column.

de  = the e ective depth of the slab taken as the average of the e ective depths
in two orthogonal directions.

Design for punching shear should allow for the e ects of moment transfer at the
column/slab junction. For structures, the lateral stability of which do not rely on the frame
action between the slab and columns and in which adjacent spans do not di er in length by
more than 25%, the design punching shear may be obtained by enhancing VEd by  1.15 for
internal columns, 1.4 for edge columns and 1.5 for corner columns.

At the column perimeter:

Ensure that maximum punching shear stress is not exceeded, i.e. vEd <
vRd,max at the column perimeter
Determine whether punching shear reinforcement is required, i.e. whether
vEd > vRd,c at the basic perimeter, u1
Determine whether punching shear reinforcement is required, i.e. whether
vEd > vRd,c at at successive perimeters to establish uout    = the length of the
perimeter where vEd = vRd,c. Perimeters within 1,5 d from uout need to be
reinforced.

Where required provide reinforcement such that vEd ≤ vRd,cs.

where

vEd  =    applied shear stress. The shear force used in the veri cation should be
the e ective force taking into account any bending moment transferred into
the slab (see above)

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vRd,max = design value of the maximum punching shear resistance, expressed

as a stress (see Shear Table 7)
vRd,c    = design value of punching shear resistance of a slab without punching
shear reinforcement, expressed as a stress (see Shear Table 7)
vRd,cs    = design value of punching shear resistance of a slab with punching
shear reinforcement, expressed as a stress.

vRd,cs = 0.75 vRd,c + 1.5 (d/sr)Asw fywd,ef (1/u1d)sin a

where:

Asw = area of shear reinforcement in one perimeter around the

column (subject to Asw,min)
sr    = radial spacing of perimeters of shear reinforcement
fywd,ef = e ective design strength of reinforcement (250 + 0.25d) ≤
fywd
d    = mean e ective depth in the two orthogonal directions (in
mm)
u1   = basic control perimeter at 2d from the loaded area
sin a = 1.0 for vertical shear reinforcement

Where required each perimeter should have

Asw = (vEd – 0.75 vRd,c)sr u1/(1.5 fywd,ef)

For further details see How to Design Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2: 7 Flat slabs and
Concise Eurocode 2 Section 8. 

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