Why is Punching Shear Failure also called Two Way Shear?

Punching shear failure is a brittle failure & hence dangerous. Punching shear failure in slabs is quite common. Punching shear in footing is also important to attend to.

This video explains what is punching and punching shear failure in a very simple way and also explains why punching shear is also called a two-way shear. In fact, the punching stress acts in 2 different planes and hence the name. It is clearly explained in the video.

To summarise the video contains the below listed explanations.

What is Punching Shear Force

Why is Punching shear called two-way shear.

What is Punching Stress.

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