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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2007.19.6.685

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members Having Different Steel Arrangements  

Lee, Jung-Yoon (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Ji-Hyun (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.19, no.6, 2007 , pp. 685-692 More about this Journal
Abstract
When the shear force governs the response of an RC element, as in the case of a low-rise shear wall, the effect of shear on the element's response is thought to be responsible for the 'pinching effect' in the hysteretic loops. However, it was recently shown that this undesirable pinching effect can be eliminated in the hysteretic load-deformation curves of a shear-dominant element if the steel grid orientation is properly aligned in the direction of the applied principal stresses. In this paper, the presence and absence of the pinching mechanism in the hysteretic loops of the shear stress-strain curves of RC elements was explained rationally using a compatibility aided truss model. The analytical results indicate that the pinching effect of the RC elements is strongly related to the direction of the steel arrangement. The area of the energy dissertation does not increase proportionally to the difference between the direction of the principal compressive stress and the direction of the steel arrangement.
Keywords
pinching effect; reinforced concrete elements; compatibility aided truss model; direction of steel arrangement; energy dissertation;
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