EK677
If the bar is fully utilised for tension, it cannot contribute to the shear resistance due to dowel action.
EK617
When it is apparent that there may be a loss of friction in slip-critical bolted connection (which occurs in some type of brackets and hangers subject to tension and shear) […]
EK573
Although steel tension members can sustain loads up to the ultimate load without failure, the elongation of the members at this load would be nearly 10-15% of the original length […]
EK570
Parallel to its grain, wood is very strong in tension. Failure occurs by a combination of cell-to-cell slippage and cell wall failure. In contrast, perpendicular to grain, wood is very […]
EK487
Soils cannot sustain tension. Consequently, the effective stress cannot be less than zero.
EK414
Medium thickness end plates undergo single curvature or limited double curvature bending causing the end plate edges to also contact the support surface, creating new reaction points thereby increasing the […]
EK409
Prying action occurs in T-type or butt-type connections with bolts in tension. Bending of the end plate causes the edges of the end plates to bear hard on the mating […]
EK391
In general a plain or slab base is used for pinned conditions or when there is very little tension between the plate and the concrete.
EK383
Relative deformation capacities of the elements in the load path: Plates in bending. Relatively large elastic deformation. Large deformation capacity when plastic hinges form. Plates in tension and plates in […]
EK380
In the beam-column connection the applied moment is transmitted by compression in the lower part of the beam and by the bolts in tension in the upper part. The compression […]
EK336
A general characteristic of brittle materials is that they are relatively weak in tension.
EK319
Maximum shear strain energy theory (Mises and Henkey’s theory) states that the failure takes place when the shear strain energy in a complex system becomes equal to that in simple […]
EK318
Maximum strain energy theory (Haigh’s theory) is based on the principle that the work done in bringing a body to a particular state is independent of the method applied to […]
EK317
According to maximum principal strain theory (St. Venant’s theory), the maximum principal strain in the complex stress system must be less than the elastic limit in simple tension if there […]
EK316
Maximum shear stress theory (Guest’s and Tresca’s theory) states that the failure occurs when the maximum shear stress at the elastic limit in simple tension. This theory is preferred in […]
EK315
According to maximum principal stress theory (Rankine’s theory) the failure of material will occur when the maximum principal stress in the complex stress system attains the value of the maximum […]
EK270
Secondary cracks, very small cracks that develop in the first stage of cracking, are produced by the internal expansion and contraction of the concrete constituents and by low flexural tension […]
EK260
Creep develops not only in compression, but also in tension, bending, and torsion. The ratio of the rate of creep in tension to that in compression will be greater than […]
EK201
A basic assumption in shear friction method is that a crack will form at a potential failure plane where direct shear stresses are high or at actual planes of weakness […]
EK169
Equal sharing of the force transfer is also often assumed for tension force joints in which the applied force acts out of the connection plane. This is the case for […]
EK121
It is assumed that once the torsional shear stress on a section exceeds the value to cause cracking, tension reinforcement in the form of closed links must be provided to […]
EK119
Concrete is weak in tension. Microcracks begin to generate in the matrix of a structural element at about 10% to 15% of the ultimate load, propagating into macrocracks at 25% […]
EK117
The distortion strain energy theory or strain energy theory states that yielding occurs when the shear strain energy reaches the shear strain energy in simple tension.
EK99
The longitudinal tension bars contribute to the shear resistance by their dowelling action and they also help to prevent shear cracks from commencing at small tension cracks. To be effective, […]
EK93
Assumptions of the Bernoulli-Euler theory of bending: The beam is bent by pure terminal couples so that shear and axial forces are not present. The deformations are small, so that […]
EK83
At the fully plastic moment both tension and compression faces are fully stressed at the yield stress.