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- Title
- SARCF User's Guide: Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frames.
- File
- PB89174452.pdf
- Author(s)
- Chung, Y. S.; Meyer, C.; Shinozuka, M.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 9, 1988, 155 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-88-0044
- Abstract
- A computer program for the automatic damage controlled design of reinforced concrete frames is described. The program is an extension of DRAIN-2D with various enhancements, such as an improved model for RC frame elements, automatic generation of random earthquakes, a new damage model, and an automated damage-controlled design. The current version covers only beam and beam-column elements. It is intended to implement other structural element types in future program versions. The report reviews a few important aspects of the program, some of them retained from DRAIN-2D, such as basic structural analysis assumptions and the step-by-step solution of the nonlinear equations of motion. The frame element and damage model are described in some detail, as are the basis for the automated damage-controlled design procedure. Several examples illustrate the use and capabilities of the program. Appendices contain the user's manual and the complete source listing of the program.
- Keywords
- Earthquake resistant structures; FORTRAN; Reinforced concrete; Framed structures; Damage; Equations of motion; SARCF computer program; Hysteresis; Computer programs; Cyclic loading; Design criteria; Structural analysis