Question

What do you understand by diagonal tension? In what way shear stress and diagonal tension are related to each other?

Answer 1

The Answer is....

This tension which is caused in the tensile zone of the beam due to shear, at or near the supports is called as diagonal tension which is caused by shear, cannot be resisted by concrete alone. So shear reinforcement is provided in the R.C.C. beams to take up diagonal tension and prevent cracking of beam.


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