Being a brittle material, concrete is weak in shear. Therefore, shear reinforcement is used in concrete beams. Sketch the profile of this reinforcement and provide the term by which it is identified.

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Shear reinforcement is provided through open-loop or closed-loop reinforcing bars, called stirrups. For a sketch of an open-loop stirrup, see Figure 4.25. For the sketch of a closed-loop stirrup, see Figure 4.22.14 and 22.15.

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