| Vf | volume fraction of steel fiber |
| lf | length of steel fiber |
| df | equivalent diameter of steel fiber |
| λf | characteristic value of fiber content |
| βv | influence coefficient of steel fiber on shear capacity |
| b | width of beam section |
| h 0 | effective depth of beam section |
| ρsv | stirrup ratio |
| f c | compression strength of prism specimen at 28 days |
| f ts | splitting tensile strength of cylinder specimen at 28 days |
| ft | tensile strength of SFRC without considering the effect of steel fiber |
| Ec | elastic modulus of concrete |
| fyv | yield strength of stirrup |
| Asv | section area of stirrup in shear span |
| s | stirrup spacing |
| λ | shear span ratio |
| Vu ,exp | shear capacity measured from the experiment |
| Vu ,CECS | shear capacity calculated by CECS38:2004 |
| Vu ,ACI | shear capacity calculated by ACI544.4R |
| Vu ,Modified | shear capacity calculated by the modified equation of CECS38:2004 |
| Vcf | shear force provided by SFRC |
| Vs | shear force provided by the stirrup |
| α | influence coefficient of stirrup ratio on the Vcf |