DEGREDATION PROPERTIES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WALLS WITH OPENINGS

This paper compares the performance of four isolated reinforced concrete (RC) walls with openings: two prototype walls tested under quasi-static cyclic (QSC) loading, and two models tested under shaking table excitation. The variables studied were the web steel ratio, the type of web reinforcement,...

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Autores: JULIAN CARRILLO, SERGIO ALCOCER
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:49621159012
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49621159012
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ingeniería
strength
openings
stiffness
Degradation
concrete walls
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Resumo:This paper compares the performance of four isolated reinforced concrete (RC) walls with openings: two prototype walls tested under quasi-static cyclic (QSC) loading, and two models tested under shaking table excitation. The variables studied were the web steel ratio, the type of web reinforcement, and the testing method. By means of the measured response, it was verified that loading history of the QSC testing ignores the foremost dynamic effects observed in structures subjected to earthquake loads. When dynamic and QSC responses werecompared, it was apparent that stiffness and strength degradation properties depend on the loading rate, the strength mechanisms associated to the failure modes, number of cycles, and cumulative parameters such as ductility demand and energy dissipated. We deducted that dataobtained from QSC tests cannot always be safely assumed to be a lower limit of the expected capacity. Stiffness and strength degradation models for RC walls with openings subjected to earthquake-type loading are also proposed.