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Punching shear resistance of high-strength concrete slabs D. Tuan Ngo Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Email: t.ngo@civag.unimelb.edu.au Abstract The use of high-strength concrete in reinforced concrete slabs is becoming popular in Australia and other countries. Current design provisions of AS3600 and other major codes throughout the world are based on empirical relationships developed from tests on low-strength concrete. In this paper, the experimental results from 4 research studies are used to review the existing recommendations in design codes for punching shear failure of slabs. Design codes referred in this study are AS3600 and CEB-FIP MC 90. In AS3600 the punching shear strength is expressed as proportional to fc1/2. However in CEB-FIP MC 90 punching shear strength is assumed to be proportional to fc1/3. It is shown that the present provisions in AS3600 are applicable up to 100 MPa. Keywords Punching shear; slabs; high-strength concrete; CEB-FIP model code; design standards 1. Introduction Concrete with strengths above 50 MPa is currently used due to an increasing requirement for higher strengths and improved long-term properties. HSC is being utilised in many projects around Australia [1]. High-strength concrete members exhibit, in some instances, different failure mechanisms and simply extrapolating models and equations meant for normal strength to high-strength concrete may lead to unsafe designs. One of the reasons why some structural engineers are reluctant to use high-strength concrete is due to the lack of provisions in the Concrete Structures Standard, AS3600 [2], to address this issue. The reinforced concrete flat slab system is a widely used structural system. Its formwork is very simple as no beams or drop panels are used. However, the catastrophic nature of the failure exhibited at the connection between the slab and the column has concerned enginee