The intransitive verb endure, rooted in the Latin durus, "hard," has many senses: "to last," or "to remain firm under adversity," but a different meaning when transferring action: "to suffer, tolerate, countenance".
Qualitative data analysis including risk of falling, number, duration, and qualitative features of standing, walking, and transfer actions become increasingly technically feasible.
With those equilibrium points, many transfer actions from one equilibrium point to another can be formed.
These differences influence which shear-transfer actions may be governing for a given member and loading situation.
The results are checked against large datasets and the model is finally used to discuss on the influence of the various parameters on the governing shear-transfer actions.
It can be noted that these approaches differ not only in the resulting design expressions, but also on the governing parameters and on the interpretation of the failure mechanisms and governing shear-transfer actions.
This paper reviews the various potential shear-transfer actions in reinforced concrete beams with rectangular cross-section and discusses on their role, governing parameters and the influences that the size and level of deformation may exhibit on them.
Shear in concrete members without transverse reinforcement can be carried by various potential shear-transfer actions, whose activation depends much on the actual cracking pattern and kinematics at failure.
The results are interpreted with reference to the measured crack kinematics and related to the various potential shear-transfer actions, with the aim of providing a useful material towards the development of rational approaches for shear design.
Experimental results are presented and related to a real data set of technology transfer actions developed by the Technology Transfer Office.
