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Document: 

SP123-04

Date: 

January 1, 1991

Author(s):

K. Kazuhiro, O. Shunsuke, and A. Hiroyuki

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

123

Abstract:

Summarizes a series of research efforts at the University of Tokyo leading to the development of earthquake-resistant design criteria for reinforced concrete interior beam-column joints. The design criteria emphasize the protection of the joint to an acceptable deformation level of a frame structure during an intense earthquake. For the design against shear, shear-resisting mechanisms by truss and concrete compression strut, the role of joint lateral reinforcement, and the effect of transverse beams and slabs were studied experimentally. The requirement for beam bar bond was discussed on the basis of nonlinear earthquake response analysis.

DOI:

10.14359/2822


Document: 

SP123-09

Date: 

January 1, 1991

Author(s):

Catherine Wolfgram French and Jack P. Moehle

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

123

Abstract:

In structures subjected to lateral loading, slab reinforcement acting as effective tensile reinforcement of the beams has been found to increase significantly the beam flexural strength. The enhanced beam flexural strength has several effects on the structural behavior, including a shift in the ratio of strengths between the beams and other members. This may result in a failure mechanism different from that anticipated. The slab contribution depends on several variables, including the connection type (interior or exterior), lateral deformation level, and lateral load history (uniaxial or multiaxial). This paper summarizes general behavior observed during isolated and multiple beam-column-slab connection tests. An approximation is given for estimating the amount of slab reinforcement to be considered as effective tensile reinforcement of the beams.

DOI:

10.14359/2853


Document: 

SP123-02

Date: 

January 1, 1991

Author(s):

Y. Kurose, G. N. Guimaraes, L. Zuhua, M. E. Kreger, and J.O. Jirsa

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

123

Abstract:

Three reinforced concrete beam-column connections, each with a slab were tested under the U.S.-Japan-New Zealand-China cooperative research program on design of beam-column connections. Two of the specimens were subjected to both unidirectional and bidirectional cyclic loads. Results of the tests are described with the aid of story shear drift angle relations, story shear orbits, measured joint shear deformations, and plots of drift angle components. Various methods for calculating joint shear strength are evaluated in light of the test results. Test data are also used to determine slab effective widths for use in calculation of uncracked beam stiffness and beam flexural capacity.

DOI:

10.14359/2807


Document: 

SP123-19

Date: 

January 1, 1991

Author(s):

Y. Kurose, K. Nagami, and Y. Saito

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

123

Abstract:

Precast concrete systems are mainly used to construct residential buildings in Japan. The systems include precast concrete wall structures for low-to-medium-rise buildings and frame structures for medium to high-rise buildings. Most of the precast members are produced in fabricating plants and shipped to the site. Beam-column joints in precast systems are designed using essentially the same design philosophy but considerably different details, as used in cast-in-place construction. The details of the joints are usually examined from the structural viewpoint by experimental tests and from the construction viewpoint by mock-up tests. This paper is intended to give an overview of beam-column joints used in precast concrete moment-resisting frame structures. Aseismic design and details of the joints are described and a few examples of construction practice are illustrated. Emphasis is placed on joints in high-rise construction using precast concrete systems.

DOI:

10.14359/2907


Document: 

SP123-15

Date: 

January 1, 1991

Author(s):

T. Kaku and H. Asakusa

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

123

Abstract:

Bond and/or anchorage performances of longitudinal bars in reinforced concrete beam-column joints were outlined, based on the investigations performed in the United States, New Zealand, and Japan in the past 10 years. The effects of joint size-bar diameter ratio, development length, geometry of bent bar, column axial force, and transverse reinforcement were discussed. The bond deterioration caused such undesirable phenomena as pinching in force-story drift hysteresis curves, increasing the slip deformation at the beam-column interface, changing the shear transfer mechanism in the joint core, and decreasing the flexural strength of the adjoining members. Bars passing through an interior joint and bent bars in an exterior joint were treated separately to make the discussion clear.

DOI:

10.14359/2874


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