Contents

259　Crack Behavior near Reinforcing Bars in Concrete Structures

K. Tammo and S. Thelandersson

268  Behavior of Socket Base Connections Emphasizing Pedestal Walls

R. Martins Fernandes Canha, M. K. El Debs, K. de Borja Jaguaribe Jr., and A. L. Homce de Cresce El Debs

279　Tensile Stress Limit for Prestressed Concrete at Release: ACI 318-08

　　 R. G. Tuchscherer and O. Bayrak

288　Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beam Specimens with Acoustic Emission and Cyclic Load Test Methods

　　 Z. Liu and P. H. Ziehl

300　Reinforced Concrete Slab Shear Prediction Competition: Experiments

　　 T. Jaeger and P. Marti

309　Reinforced Concrete Slab Shear Prediction Competition: Entries and Discussion

　　 T. Jaeger and P. Marti

319　Flexural Strengthening of Real-Scale RC and PRC Beams with End-Anchored Pretensioned FRP Laminates

　　 C. Pellegrino and C. Modena

329　Cyclic Response of Exterior Beam-Column Joints with Different Anchorage Methods

　　 H.-J. Lee and S.-Y. Yu

340  Experimental Study of Two-Way Reinforced Concrete Column Hinges under Seismic Loads

　　 M. Saiid Saiidi, Z.-Y. Cheng, and D. Sanders

349　Behavior of Columns Constructed with Fibers and Self-Consolidating Concrete

H. Aoude, W. D. Cook, and D. Mitchell

358  Modeling and Testing Influence of Scaling Effects on Inelastic Response of Shear Walls

　　 I. Ghorbani-Renani, N. Velev, R. Tremblay, D. Palermo, B. Massicotte, and P. Léger

368　Peak Shear Strength of Squat Reinforced Concrete Walls with Boundary Barbells or Flanges

　　 C. K. Gulec, A. S. Whittaker, and B. Stojadinovic

378  Discussion

386  In ACI Materials Journal