Punching Shear Strengths of RC Slab-Column Connections: Prediction and Reliability

Based on a database of 342 experimental results with a wide range of influencing parameters, a new empirical model was developed using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) for predicting the concentric punching shear strength of RC slab-column connections, without shear reinforcement, and was presented in this paper. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and international codes of practice as well as a state-of-the-art approach were also employed for...