Modified dapped end, precast prestressed double-tee slabs were considered in this research. It can facilitate insertion of service ducts at the dapped ends. The total depth of the floor slab may be reduced. In addition, the underside of the double-tee slab showed simpler appearance. Static three-point shear loading test was performed on full-scale specimens. And three modified single-tee slabs were analyzed by strut-tie model method. The specimen failed during the test in the same location as predicted by the strut-tie analytical model. The analysis of experimental results in comparison to the analysis results revealed that the experimental failure loads manifested 108% of analytical failure loads on the average.

The current American Concrete Institute (ACI), Canadian Standard Associate (CSA) and CEB-FIP code suggest that deep beams should be designed using the strut-and-tie model approach. This paper investigates the validity of the current ACI, CSA and CEB-FIP code provisions on the shear strength of simply supported reinforced concrete deep beams by comparing them with the shear strength equations proposed by Hong et al. (2002) The comparison shows that all of these code provisions provide reasonable estimates on the shear strength of concrete deep beam members and the ACI and CEB-FIP codes results in similar estimates while the CSA code relatively underestimate the strength.

In this study, the strut-tie model used for the analysis and design of the anchorage zone of the PSC modular bridge by comparing with the result of the approximate analytical method. The result shows that the bursting force obtained by approximate analytical method were increased about 2 times in comparison with the result of strut-tie model.