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Fracture mechanics role within the framework of the ACI Building Code will be significant if fracture mechanics provides answers to public safety issues, and relatively insignificant if fracture mechanics only provides a different theoretical viewpoint for provisions which already provide an adequate margin of public safety. Public safety issues for which fracture mechanics can provide answers include size effects, appropriate finite element analyses procedures, new materials, minimum reinforcement ratios, maximum reinforcement spacings, and time dependent effects. Issues for which fracture mechanics can provide a consistent theoretical basis include the diagonal tension cracking capacity for shear, torsion, and combined shear and torsion loadings.
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Hawkins, N.M. (1985). The Role for Fracture Mechanics in Conventional Reinforced Concrete Design. In: Shah, S.P. (eds) Application of Fracture Mechanics to Cementitious Composites. NATO ASI Series, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5121-1_23
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