What is punching shear? ✓The weight of a slab supported on a column induces shear stresses in the slab.✓ These stresses, if sufficient and where additional reinforcement is not provided, would result in the column ‘punching’ through the slab.(shown in image above) ✓Punching shear failures arise from the formation of diagonal tension cracks around the loaded area, … Continue reading Punching shear