Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) bars reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC) beams without stirrups own excellent torsional performance and good application prospect. However, the corresponding torsional strength design method is not available. In order to predict the torsional strength of the ECC beams, a theoretical design method is established in this research. The proposed design method is based on the variable-angle space truss (VAST) model, and the tensile resistance supplied by fibers is carefully considered. The established design method is verified through the experimental results. It can be found that the predicted values agree well with the experimental values. A parametric analysis is carried out. Ultimate torque (i.e., torsional strength) increases significantly with the increment of ECC strength grade or longitudinal reinforcement ratio. However, at the same cross-section area, ultimate torque decreases slightly with the increment of height/width ratio. In addition, the cost effectiveness of the ECC beams without stirrups is discussed. Compared with mortar beam with a stirrup reinforcement ratio of 0.7%, FRP bars reinforced ECC beams without stirrups have small cost/ultimate torque ratio (a reduction ratio of 39.14%–60.86%), indicating that the ECC beams without stirrups own satisfactory cost effectiveness. This study will provide a torsional strength design guideline for FRP bars reinforced ECC beams without stirrups.
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