The shear reinforcement is designed to resist the major axis shear force envelope, F_z, acting through the beam. The minor axis shear and torsional forces are not considered.

The number of shear legs and the shear link size is specified in the Design Criteria. Therefore the required spacing for minimum links can be defined. The program then checks each section to determine the shear stress v and concrete shear capacity v_c. From this, the section is classified as either minimum link or a high shear section. Adjacent sections of the same type are grouped into zones. For non-minimum link zones, the shear links are designed for the maximum shear force within that zone.

If necessary, additional legs may be added to the shear links in order to restrain tension or compression reinforcement.