
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
A comparison of the variable strut inclination and alternative
stirrup design methods
K.K. Mensah, C. Barnardo-Viljoen & J.V. Retief
University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
ABSTRACT: This contribution compares the performance of the Variable Strut Inclination Method (VSIM)
suggested for the design of stirrups in the European concrete design standard EN 1992-1-1 to (1) the classi-
cal Ritter-Mörsch-based design analogy employed in the currently operational South Africanequi ...