| B | Braided |
| CAC | Coral Aggregate Concrete |
| Cu | Cube strength |
| DS | Deformed Surface |
| EA | Expansive Agent |
| ECC | Engineered Cementitious Composite |
| F | Fracture |
| FC | Fiber Concrete |
| GPC | Geopolymer concrete |
| HPC | High Performance Concrete |
| HSC | High Strength Concrete (55 ≤ HSC ≤ 120 MPa) |
| HVFAC | High Volume Fly Ash Concrete |
| MPC | Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cement |
| NC | Normal concrete (Conventional vibrated concrete) |
| NSC | Normal Strength Concrete (0 < NSC < 55 MPa) |
| P | Pullout |
| R | Rupture or Ribbed |
| RAC | Recycled Aggregate Concrete |
| S | Seawater |
| S | Smooth |
| S | Splitting |
| SFRSCC | Steel Fiber-Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete |
| SS | Splice Specimen |
| SSSC | Seawater Sea-Sand Concrete |
| T | Textured |
| UHPC | Ultra-High-Performance Concrete |
| UHSC | Ultra-High-Strength Concrete (UHSC > 120 MPa) |
| UPC | Unsaturated Polyester Resin Concrete |
| d | Rebar diameter (mm) |
| fc | Cylinder concrete compressive strength (MPa) |
| h | Beam height |
| ld | Development length (mm or d) |
| le | Embedment length (mm or d) |