Energy Dissipation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Columns under Cyclic Displacements

2012-07-01
Acun, Bora
Sucuoğlu, Haluk
The energy dissipation capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) columns is investigated under inelastic cyclic displacements. Experimental data are obtained from 20 column specimens tested under constant-amplitude displacement cycles and from three column specimens tested under variable-amplitude displacement cycles. The effect of failure mode, displacement ductility, material properties, and detailing on the energy dissipation capacity of columns is investigated first under constant-amplitude loading. A simple model is developed for predicting the cyclic energy dissipation capacity under constant-amplitude inelastic displacement cycles. Then, an analytical procedure is introduced for estimating the energy dissipation under variable-amplitude displacement cycles by using the energy dissipation capacity, under constant-amplitude displacements. The proposed procedure is verified with the test results.
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Citation Formats
B. Acun and H. Sucuoğlu, “Energy Dissipation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Columns under Cyclic Displacements,” ACI STRUCTURAL JOURNAL, pp. 531–540, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55937.