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Published: Građevinar 66 (2014) 1
Paper type: Professional paper
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Testing and evaluation of reinforced concrete beam-column-slab joint

Saddam M. Ahmed, Umarani Gunasekaran

Abstract

An experimental investigation of seismic behaviour of identical beam-column subassemblies was conducted by testing two half-scale joint models: one without a slab and the other with a slab. A qualitative model simulating participation of the floor slab was developed by establishing the slab crack patterns (yield lines) and the state of strain in slab bars. Based on the verification results, it was concluded that the joint model improves prediction of seismic behaviour, and that this model allows explicit evaluation of the slab effect on the joint.

Keywords
slab effects, beam relaxation, joint shear, cyclic loading, beam-column joint, modelling

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:

Ahmed, S. M. ., Gunasekaran, U.: Testing and evaluation of reinforced concrete beam-column-slab joint, GRAĐEVINAR, 66 (2014) 1, pp. 21-36, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.971.2013

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Ahmed, S. M. ., Gunasekaran, U. (2014). Testing and evaluation of reinforced concrete beam-column-slab joint, GRAĐEVINAR, 66 (1), 21-36, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.971.2013

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Authors:
Saddam M Ahmed WEB
Saddam M. Ahmed
Anna University
Department of Civil Engineering
India
Umarani Gunasekaran WEB
Umarani Gunasekaran
Anna University
Department of Civil Engineering
India