Loading capacities and failure modes of various reinforced-concrete slabs subjected to high speed loading

Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers Subjected to Reversed Cyclic Loading

Sixteen large-scale reinforced concrete specimens without web reinforcements were tested to study the behavior of typical bridge piers subjected to deflection reversals that were large enough to cause extensive yielding of the longitudinal reinforcement. The different parameters considered included shear spanto-depth ratio, percentage of longitudinal reinforcement, frequency of the applied load...

Numerical and Experimental Investigations on the Behavior of Steel-reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Eccentric Loading

Steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) columns, which are classified as composite columns, became the most widely used in recent years; because of their extensive advantages over the reinforced concrete and the steel columns. In this paper, the ductility index and its influential factors were explored to investigate the behavior of SRC columns. A straightforward approach was then proposed by establish...

Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures Subjected to High Impulsive Loading

Concrete Filled Tubular Bracing Subjected to Cyclic Loading

The energy absorption of concrete filled, hollow-steel bracing was analyzed respect to geometric and mechanical parameters including the width-to-thickness section ratio, slenderness level, and strength of the steel and concrete. Local buckling and ductility were also investigated with respect to variation in the cross-section. The infill increased the compression resistance, even after multipl...

Experiments and Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Reversed Cyclic Loading and Shake Table Excitation

An integrated experiment and analysis research program is proposed to address the complex behavior of reinforced concrete buildings subjected to multi-directional earthquake loading and the subsequent interactions resulting from the nonlinear response of individual components that compound further the multi-directional affect of the ground motion. Results will impact a broad community ranging f...