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CCP: 102
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
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Paper 174

Tenso-Deformative Behaviour of Reinforced Precast Concrete-Polystyrene Sandwich Panels

L. Pani, M. Valdes, C. Armas and G. Concu

Department of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architectural, University of Cagliari, Italy

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
L. Pani, M. Valdes, C. Armas, G. Concu, "Tenso-Deformative Behaviour of Reinforced Precast Concrete-Polystyrene Sandwich Panels", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 174, 2013. doi:10.4203/ccp.102.174
Keywords: precast sandwich panels, lightly reinforced concrete, mechanical properties, seismic behavior, numerical analysis.

Summary
In order to comprehend the actual seismic behaviour of structures realized with new constructive technologies, a wide experimental programme has been carried out on lightly reinforced precast concrete - polystyrene sandwich panels, composed of a sheet of structural expanded polystyrene 160 mm thick inserted between two grids of galvanized and electro welded steel wire, completed by spraying concrete to form a composite structure. Experimental tests have been carried out on 16 panels set in the vertical position, in-plane loaded by constant vertical loads and at the same time subject to a cyclic horizontal concentred load. Results allowed the following parameters to be determined: the first cracking horizontal load, the load-displacement hysteretic curve, the collapse lateral displacement, the resisting shear at the bottom, the resisting moment considering P-delta effect, and the equivalent viscous damping coefficients.

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