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- Title
- Refined Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Columns for Seismic Analysis.
- File
- PB84234384.pdf
- Author(s)
- Kaba, S. A.; Mahin, S. A.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1984, 112 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-84/03
- Abstract
- The report extends the fiber representation of a section to make possible the analysis of reinforced concrete or steel members independently or as part of two-dimensional frames. Slice locations are specified along the length of the element. Each slice is further discretized into steel and/or concrete fibers. By monitoring the various fibers and slices, it is possible to obtain the local response at critical sections including moment-curvature and shear histories. Bond slip and shear effects are not considered so the multi-slice fiber element is suitable for modeling beams and columns in a steel or reinforced concrete frame especially when the effects of axial loads on strength and stiffness are significant. The element can account for axial load-bending moment interaction and the pinching of hysteresis loops due to compressive loads acting on the element. The functioning of the element is tested separately and as part of a general dynamic two-dimensional frame analysis program.
- Keywords
- Steels; Earthquake resistant structures; Axial stress; Reinforced concrete; Framed structures; Columns (Supports); Mechanical hysteresis; Model tests; Bending; Strength; Sheer stresses; Stiffness; Loads (Forces); Seismic effects; Structural members