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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 12, Number 4, October 2001 , pages 429-448
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2001.12.4.429
 


Seismic shear behavior of rectangular hollow bridge columns
Y.L. Mo, Chyuan-Hwan Jeng(U.S.A.) and S.F. Perng(Taiwan)

 
Abstract
    An analytical model incorporating bending and shear behavior is presented to predict the
lateral loading characteristic for rectangular hollow columns. The moment-curvature relationship for the
rectangular hollow sections of a column is firstly determined. Then the nonlinear lateral load-displacement
relationship for the hollow column can be obtained accordingly. In this model, thirteen constitutive laws
for confined concrete and five approaches to estimate the shear capacity are used. A series of tests on 12
model hollow columns aimed at the seismic shear behavior are reported, and the test data are compared to
the analytical results. It is found that the analytical model reflects the experimental results rather closely.
 
Key Words
    hollow bridge column; shear behavior; seismic behavior; confined concrete; ductility factor; load-displacement relationship.
 
Address
Y. L . Mo and Chyuan-Hwan Jeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
S.F. Perng, Department of Civil Engineering, National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 

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