Abstract—The behavior of reinforced concrete moment resisting frame structures in recent earthquakes all over the world has highlighted the consequences of poor performance of beam column joints. Large amount of research carried out to understand the complex mechanisms and safe behavior of beam column joints has gone into code recommendations. This paper presents critical review of recommendations of well established codes regarding design column depth and shear strength aspects of beam column joints. The codes of practice considered are Draft code IS13920-1993, NZS 3101: Part 1:1995 and the Euro code 8 of EN 1998-1:2003. 

Index Terms—beam column joint, code comparison, reinforced concrete frame, shear strength, column depth, nominal shear stress

Cite: Falak Parikh and Vimlesh Agarawal, "Shear Strength and Column Depth for RC Beam Column Joint Comparison of Draft Code with Euro Code and NZS Code," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 14-21, August 2013.