  This document is a reply to arXiv:1810.11506. In that document, D\"onmez and
Ba\v{z}ant raise a number of criticism on the hypotheses Critical Shear Crack
Theory (CSCT). The aspects criticized have however been largely discussed in
previous works of the CSCT, proving the validity of the theory. This document
compiles such previous knowledge as a reply to the authors of the report.
