%V 10 %T Root cause of reinforced concrete dapped-end beams failure %J International Journal of Applied Engineering Research %I Research India Publications %P 42927-42933 %A M. Aswin %A B.S. Mohammed %A M.S. Liew %A Z.I. Syed %D 2015 %N 22 %O cited By 8 %X The failure mode of 111 RC dapped-end beams are presented and evaluated. The 93.69 of the tested beams were failed in shear at the re-entrant corners of the dapped-end region. Although many strengthening methods have been used to strengthening the dapped-end region, only the load-deflection relationship of the beams were improved. However, test results of 4 large scale RC dapped-end beams showed that the highest stress concentration factors were recorded at the re-entrant corners compared to other area of the dapped-end region of the beam. © Research India Publications. %L scholars6102