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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 56
ADVANCES IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING FOR PRACTICE
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper V.5

Bounding Surface of Reinforced Concrete U-Shaped Column Elements Subjected to Cyclic Biaxial Bending with Axial Load

M.G. Sfakianakis

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
M.G. Sfakianakis, "Bounding Surface of Reinforced Concrete U-Shaped Column Elements Subjected to Cyclic Biaxial Bending with Axial Load", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Advances in Civil and Structural Engineering Computing for Practice", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 197-204, 1998. doi:10.4203/ccp.56.5.5
Abstract
The nonlinear analysis which is performed to provide a realistic prediction of the inelastic response of reinforced concrete structures during strong earthquake motions requires the knowledge of the inelastic response of their individual members or their sections under cyclic load reversals. The available tools for this purpose are mathematical models which attempt to describe the inelastic force-deformation relationship considering either the whole member as a unit or its critical sections. Models of the second category generally provide better results. One of the fundamental parameters of these models is the knowledge of the cross-section Bounding Surface shape and size which is defined as the geometrical locus of points in the space of the normal actions N, M_y, M_z which correspond to ultimate strength. In this paper a new. computer graphics based algorithm is presented for the formation of the full shape and size of the Bounding Surface of U-shaped column or shear wall elements.

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