Table 1 Existing models for shear strength prediction of SFRC shallow beams without stirrups.

Greenough and Nehdi (2008)

$\begin{array}{cc}\hfill v_u& =0.35\ast \left(1+\sqrt{\frac{400}{\text{d}}}\right)\ast {\left(f_c^{\prime }\right)}^{0.18}\ast {\left(\left(1+F\right)\ast \mathit{\rho }\ast \frac{d}{a}\right)}^{0.4}\hfill \\ & +0.9\ast {\mathit{\eta }}_{\text{o}}\ast \mathit{\tau }\ast F\hfill \end{array}$

Genetic algorithm

a/d > 2.5 $f_c^{\prime }$ < 70 MPa

Mansur et al. (1986)

$v_u=v_{\text{c}}+{\mathit{\sigma }}_{tu}\ast b\ast d,\text{where},v_{\text{c}}=\left(0.16\ast \sqrt{f_c^{\prime }}+17.2\ast \frac{\mathit{\rho }Vd}{M}\right)$

ACI code modification

V_c < (0.29($f_c^{\prime }$)^0.5)bd

Li et al. (1992)

$v_u=1.25+4.68\ast \left({\left(f_t{f}_{sp}\right)}^{\frac{3}{4}}+{\left(\mathit{\rho }\ast \frac{d}{a}\right)}^{\frac{1}{3}}\ast {\left(d\right)}^{-\frac{1}{3}}\right)$

Regression analysis

a/d ≥ 2.5

Khuntia et al.(1999)

$v_u=\left(0.167+.25\ast \text{F}\right)\ast \sqrt{{\text{f}}_{\text{c}}^{{}^{\prime }}}$

ACI code modification

a/d ≥ 2.5 0.25 ≤ ρ ≤ 2 20 ≤ $f_c^{\prime }$ ≤ 100 MPa

Ashour et al. (1992)

$v_u=\left(2.11\ast \sqrt[3]{{\text{f}}_{\text{c}}^{{}^{\prime }}}+7\ast F\right)\ast {\left(\mathit{\rho }\ast \frac{\text{a}}{\text{d}}\right)}^{0.3333}$

Regression analysis

a/d > 2.5

Imam et al. (1994)

$v_u=0.7\ast \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+\frac{d}{25d_a}}}\right)\ast \sqrt[3]{\mathit{\rho }}\ast \left(f_c^{i0.44}\left(1+F^{0.33}\right)+870\ast \sqrt{\frac{\mathit{\rho }}{{\left(\frac{a}{d}\right)}^5}}\right)$

Regression analysis

Maximum aggregate size

Kwak et al. (2002)

$v_u=3.7\ast \left({\left(\frac{f_c^{{}^{\prime }}}{20-\sqrt{F}}+0.7+\sqrt{F}\right)}^{\frac{2}{3}}\ast {\left(\frac{\mathit{\rho }d}{a}\right)}^{\frac{1}{3}}\right)+0.8\ast \left(0.41\ast \mathit{\tau }\ast F\right)$

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a/d > 3.4

Khaloo and Kim (1997)

$v_u=\left(0.65+0.123\ast V_f+0.080\ast {\left(V_f\right)}^2-0.013\ast {\left(V_f\right)}^3\right)\ast \sqrt{{\text{f}}_{\text{c}}^{{}^{\prime }}}$

Regression analysis

l/d = 29

$v_u=0.65+0.46\ast V_f-0.080\ast {\left(V_f\right)}^2\ast \sqrt{{\text{f}}_{\text{c}}^{{}^{\prime }}}$

Regression analysis

l/d = 58

Shin et al. (1994)

$v_u=0.19\ast f_{sp}+93\ast \mathit{\rho }\ast \left(\frac{d}{a}\right)+0.834\ast \left(0.41\ast \mathit{\tau }\ast F\right)$

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a/d ≥ 3 HSC

Sharma (1986)

$v_u=\frac{2}{3}\ast {\text{f}}_{\text{t}}\ast {\left(\frac{d}{a}\right)}^{\frac{1}{4}}\text{where},f_t\approx 9.5\ast \left(\sqrt{f_c^{\prime }}\right),psi$

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Narayanan and Darwish (1988)

$v_u=\left(0.24\ast \left(\frac{f_c^{\prime }}{20-\sqrt{F}}+0.7+\sqrt{F}\right)+80\ast \mathit{\rho }\ast \frac{d}{a}\right)+0.41\ast \mathit{\tau }\ast F$

Regression analysis

a/d > 2.8