Truss Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Shear-Flexure Behavior

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Truss Modeling of Reinforced ConcreteShear-Flexure Behavior

by

Jang Hoon Kim and John B. ManderUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York

Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental EngineeringKetter Hall

Buffalo, New York 14260-4300

Technical Report MCEER-99-0005

March 8, 1999

This research was conducted at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York and wassupported by the Federal Highway Administration under contract number DTFH61-92-C-00106.

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