Earthquakes and Structures

Volume 7, Number 5, 2014, pages 627-645

DOI: 10.12989/eas.2014.7.6.627

Constitutive models of concrete structures subjected to seismic shear

Arghadeep Laskar, Liang Lu, Feng Qin, Y.L. Mo, Thomas T.C. Hsu, Xilin Lu and Feng Fan

Abstract

Using OpenSees as a framework, constitutive models of reinforced, prestressed and prestressed steel fiber concrete found by the panel tests have been implemented into a finite element program called Simulation of Concrete Structures (SCS) to predict the seismic behavior of shear-critical reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. The developed finite element program was validated by tests on prestressed steel fiber concrete beams under monotonic loading, post tensioned precast concrete column under reversed cyclic loading, framed shear walls under reversed cyclic loading or shaking table excitations, and a seven-story wall building under shake table excitations. The comparison of analytical results with test outcomes indicates good agreement.

Key Words

constitutive models; reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; finite element analysis;

Address

Arghadeep Laskar: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 200076, India Liang Lu and Xilin Lu: Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China Feng Qin and Feng Fan: School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China Y.L. Mo and Thomas T.C. Hsu: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, 77204-4003, USA