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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 24, Number 3, September 2019 , pages 259-269
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2019.24.3.259
 


Comparison among different software for the evaluation of moment-curvature of R.C. columns
Rosario Montuori, Elide Nastri, Maria Ilenia Palese and Vincenzo Piluso

 
Abstract
    The work aims at the comparison among commonly used research programs concerning moment-curvature (M−x) diagrams of confined R.C. members. The software considered in this work are Sap2000, SeismoStruct and Opensees. The curves provided by these software, given the same modelling, have been compared to those provided by a theoretical fiber model. A parametric analysis has been led on rectangular column sections with different level of axial load and different stirrups spacing. The accuracy of the modelling of the considered structural programs has been investigated by comparing their results with those obtained by applying the theoretical fiber model.
 
Key Words
    concrete; reinforced concrete (RC); non-linear analysis; computer modeling; concrete constitutive models
 
Address
Rosario Montuori, Elide Nastri, Maria Ilenia Palese and Vincenzo Piluso: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy
 

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