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Title |
Evaluation of Plastic Rotational Capacity Based on Material Characteristics in Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members
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Keywords |
소성힌지 ; 소성회전각 ; 극한변형률 ; 철근 경화비 plastic hinge ; plastic rotation ; ultimate strain ; hardening ratio of steel |
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Abstract |
Although a critical section reaches its flexural strength in reinforced concrete structures, the structure does not always fail because moment redistribution occurs during the formation of plastic hinges. Inelastic deformation in a plastic hinge region results in plastic rotation. A plastic hinge mainly depends on material characteristics. In this study, a plastic hinge length and plastic rotation are evaluated using the flexural curvature distribution which is derived from the material models given in Eurocode 2. The influence on plastic capacity the limit values of the material model used, that is, ultimate strain of concrete and steel and hardening ratio of steel(k), are investigated. As results, it is appeared that a large ultimate strain of concrete and steel is resulting in large plastic capactiy and also as a hardening ratio of steel increases, the plastic rotation increases significantly. Therefore, a careful attention would be paid to determine the limit values of material characteristics in the RC structures.
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