Failure mechanism of reinforced concrete under cyclic loading

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-206, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-24

  Hsu, Thomas T C ^a   Mansour, M Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Mechanism; Pinching; Reinforced concrete; Shear; Softened truss models; Steel; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DETERIORATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HYSTERESIS; LOADING; SHEAR FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; HYSTERETIC LOOP; PINCHING; PINCHING EFFECTS; POST YIELDS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RATIONAL THEORY; SHEAR; SOFTENED TRUSS MODEL; STEEL BARS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 12344275070     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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