Abstract
During Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, catastrophic shear failure accompanying plenty of diagonal shear cracks were experienced in RC structures and bridge piers serving transportation facilities. In this paper, shear capacity and ductility of RC columns in the post-yield range of longitudinal reinforcement are discussed for seismic resistant design. First, the shear failure of large scale RC column is computationally simulated for understanding the mechanism of shear collapse of bridge piers. FEM computational results on ductility are compared with the experiments and parametric study is conducted concerning factors that affect the post-yield deformability of RC columns. Finally, a simple formula for ductility is presented for summarizing the sensitivity of influential factors.
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