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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 8, Number 2, April 2011 , pages 143-162
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2011.8.2.143
 


Finite element analysis of shear-critical reinforced concrete walls
Ilker Kazaz

 
Abstract
    Advanced material models for concrete are not widely available in general purpose finite element codes. Parameters to define them complicate the implementation because they are case sensitive. In addition to this, their validity under severe shear condition has not been verified. In this article, simple engineering plasticity material models available in a commercial finite element code are used to demonstrate that complicated shear behavior can be calculated with reasonable accuracy. For this purpose dynamic response of a squat shear wall that had been tested on a shaking table as part of an experimental program conducted in Japan is analyzed. Both the finite element and material aspects of the modeling are examined. A corrective artifice for general engineering plasticity models to account for shear effects in concrete is developed. The results of modifications in modeling the concrete in compression are evaluated and compared with experimental response quantities.
 
Key Words
    shear; compression softening; squat wall; plasticity; finite element method; ANSYS.
 
Address
Ilker Kazaz: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
 

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