Abstract

Four exterior reinforced concrete beam–column joint subassemblages with poor reinforcement details and low-quality materials were constructed and subjected to cyclic lateral deformations under constant axial loading of the columns. The longitudinal rebars at the top of the beams were well-anchored in the joint region with a 90° hook and transversely welded to prevent premature slippage. The same was true for the longitudinal rebars at the bottom of the beam of the first specimen. Contrarily, the anchorage of the rebars at the bottom of the beam of the other three subassemblages was straight and of insufficient length. One of these specimens (the second) also had deficient lap splices of the column reinforcement, while the other three specimens had continuous column rebars. The third and the fourth subassemblage were designed with different joint aspect ratio and beam shear span/depth ratio values. The overall seismic performance of the specimens was evaluated and compared. The failure mode of the subassemblages was accurately predicted by the proposed analytical model. It was clearly demonstrated that the anchorage of the rebars, the length of the lap splices, the joint aspect ratio and the shear span/depth of the beam ratio value crucially affect the cyclic response of beam–column joints and, hence, may cause a severe detrimental impact to the overall structural integrity.

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