Title:
Finite Element Application to a Reinforced Concrete Structure
Author(s):
Osama E. K. Daoud
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
10
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
25-30
Keywords:
bond (concrete to reinforcement); cracking (fracturing); deflection; finite element method; reinforced concrete; stability; stiffness; structural analysis; walls; Structural Research
DOI:
Date:
3/1/1988
Abstract:
Use of the finite element method to check the stability of a cantilever wall in a medium-rise building in Kuwait is described. The wall was found to act as a two-member truss in which axial tension and compression are the two major applied stresses. The effects of concrete cracking and debonding were modeled by reducing the concrete stiffness to 1 to 50 percent of the uncracked segment. The variation between the calculated deflection and field measurement of the cantilever wall tip under maximum dead load was less than 15 percent.