%0 Journal Article %T Effect of creep on high-order shear deformable beams %J Scientia Iranica %I Sharif University of Technology %Z 1026-3098 %A Ghabdian, M. %A Beheshti Aval, S. B. %A Vafai, A. %D 2019 %\ 08/01/2019 %V 26 %N Issue 4: Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Abolhassan Vafai %P 2187-2202 %! Effect of creep on high-order shear deformable beams %K creep %K concrete beam %K strain distribution %K shear deformable beam %K kelvin chain model %R 10.24200/sci.2019.21359 %X A powerful and new theoretical approach is used to obtain an expression for the effect of creep on reinforced concrete shear deformable beams. First, a method for Euler-Bernulli beam is proposed to represent long-term behavior of concrete beams based on linear strain theory. Secondly, a formulation is developed for analyzing the strain distribution in shear deformable concrete beams. Finally, three numerical examples are included in order to compare well-known codes with the proposed method. Comparison between proposed method, FEM, codes and experimental works demonstrate that the proposed analytical procedure can effectively simulate creep behavior in reinforced concrete beams. %U https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_21359_2eca4241a2c5991703d4a82011447e81.pdf