The lateral load-deformation response of RC walls with a consideration of the height–length ratio

Autor: I-Chau Tsai, Hsin-Hung Chen
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers. 39:436-446
ISSN: 2158-7299
0253-3839
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2015.1117946
Popis: Reinforced concrete (RC) walls play an important role in resisting earthquakes, so understanding the lateral load-deformation response of an RC wall subjected to an axial load, shear, and moment is essential to nonlinear structural analysis. In this study, the moment-bending deformation response of an RC wall under an axial load and moment is obtained from moment–curvature analysis using the wall’s proper plastic hinge length. Furthermore, modified compression-field theory, adjusted according to the height–length ratio of the wall, is used to calculate the shear–shear deformation response of the wall under an axial load and shear. By integrating the moment-bending deformation and the shear–shear deformation responses, the lateral load-deformation response of the RC wall under axial load–moment–shear interaction can be reasonably determined. To confirm the reliability of the proposed method, experimental results for 67 RC walls are compared with analysis results from the proposed method. The statis...
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