TY - JOUR N2 - The scope of the paper is to investigate analytically and determine experimentally the shear resistance of low height reinforced precast concrete lintels. The chosen procedures included in national and international standards applied for the design of structural concrete elements to an estimation of shear behaviour of reinforced concrete elements are described. The characteristic and designed shear strength of precast concrete lintels are determined and compared with experimentally obtained results. The shear resistance for precast concrete lintels was determined by laboratory tests according to a European standard. The assessment of the in-situ compressive strength of concrete in precast concrete lintel is specified. The designed compressive strength class is confirmed. The real reinforcement distribution is verified to assess the wide scatter of experimentally obtained failure forces. A short literature outlook of the papers concerning investigations on lintels and shear resistance of concrete is given also. The paper can provide scientists, engineers, and designers a theoretical and experimental basis in the field of precast concrete lintels shear resistance. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/117483/PDF/34.ACE00058%20do%20druku_B5.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/117483 IS - No 3 EP - 621 DO - 10.24425/ace.2020.134416 KW - precast concrete lintel KW - reinforced concrete beam KW - shear resistance KW - mechanical tests A1 - Ambroziak, Andrzej A1 - Kondrat, Jarosław A1 - Wesołowski, Marek PB - WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VL - Vol. 66 DA - 2020.08.25 T1 - Shear Resistance of Low Height Precast Concrete Lintels SP - 605 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117483 T2 - Archives of Civil Engineering ER -