Experimental Study on the Shear Strength of Dune Sand Concrete Beams

Table 6

Comparison of test results with the calculated values by current design codes.

Specimens	(kN)	(kN)	(kN)			(kN)
B1-1	151.00	173.10	140.46	1.15	0.93	150.06	0.99	1.07
B1-2	139.73	160.68	138.61	1.15	0.99	135.26	0.97	0.98
B1-3	117.82	138.44	134.50	1.18	1.14	109.38	0.93	0.81
B1-4	94.15	130.11	133.73	1.38	1.42	98.27	1.04	0.73
B1-5	88.94	123.86	133.18	1.39	1.50	92.08	1.04	0.69
B2-1	149.92	161.56	139.89	1.08	0.93	139.97	0.93	1.00
B2-2	142.74	157.74	138.33	1.11	0.97	133.43	0.94	0.96
B2-3	140.64	155.98	137.97	1.11	0.98	132.43	0.94	0.96
B2-4	139.84	152.45	136.69	1.09	0.98	130.92	0.94	0.96
B2-5	139.73	160.68	138.61	1.15	0.99	135.27	0.97	0.98
B3-1	139.73	160.68	138.61	1.15	0.99	135.27	0.97	0.98
B3-2	156.66	170.13	158.14	1.09	1.01	148.05	0.95	0.94
B3-3	165.73	190.16	180.41	1.15	1.09	168.08	1.01	0.93
AVG				1.167	1.07		0.971	0.922
C.o.V				0.101	0.183		0.039	0.110