Determining Plastic Hinge Length of High Performance RC Beams
Abstract
During
earthquake concrete structures dissipate energy by deforming inelastically. The
plastic deformation localized in a small zone namely the plastic hinge zone is
critical for flexural members as it governs the load carrying and deformation
capacities of the member. Pushover analysis, one method of nonlinear static
analysis, is generally used in the assessment of existing buildings. In
pushover analysis nonlinear hinge properties of each member should be
addressed. The formation of a plastic hinge in structural member depends on
both the structural member properties such as dimension and material
properties. Due to the high non-linearity occurs in plastic hinge zone and
restrictions by the time and cost especially in large tests, very limited
knowledge has been obtained from the laboratory tests up to date. Moreover past
studies showed that none of the existing empirical models is adequate for
prediction of plastic hinge length. This study tries to investigate the problem
numerically using Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling (FEM) approach by employing
software package ABAQUS. To achieve this, a numerical model is generated and
verified with existing experimental studies obtained from the literature, by
comparing load deflection response and rotational capacity of the test
elements. Parametric studies are performed to investigate the plastic hinge
length in terms of material properties concrete and dimensions of the member.
High performance concrete is selected to be as C50, C60 and C80 and dimension
of the beams are determined as deep, intermediate and slender. With the
calibrated FEM model, the extent of concrete crushing zone and rebar yielding
zone are examined to define the plastic hinge length of the member.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Yusuf Sümer
SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
May 31, 2017
Submission Date
March 9, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 30, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 5 Number: 2
Cited By
B3 DÜZENSİZLİĞİ KONUMUNUN YAPISAL PERFORMANSA ETKİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ
İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.55071/ticaretfbd.1406397