Salam,
I am facing a problem and i am stuck in there, i'll be needing your kind assistance in this regard, i hope you will help me with this.
the question is,
" The ACI Expression for the nominal shear strength of a reinforced concrete member given below. However, test results indicate that the first small amount of shear reinforcement, Av, causes a larger increase in Vn than predicted by the ACI expression. Explain this observation.
Vn= Vc+Vs
where, Vc=2*sqrt(fc') bw*d and Vs= Avfyd/S "
I need your kind assistance in this.