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Analytical Model for Shear-critical Reinforced Concrete Interior

Beam-column Joints

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DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2019.1572036

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 JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1572036

Analytical Model for Shear-critical Reinforced Concrete Interior

Beam-column Joints
Cao Thanh Ngoc Trana and Bing Lib
a
Department of Civil Engineering at International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam; bSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY

An analytical model based on the strut-and-tie method for predicting Received 5 May 2017
the shear strength of reinforced concrete (RC) interior beam–column Accepted 12 March 2018
joints is introduced in this paper. Both contributions from truss and KEYWORDS
strut mechanisms are included in the analytical model. The contribu- Strut-and-tie; Interior Beam-
tions of concrete and transverse reinforcements based on EC2 [2004] column Joints; Deformation
are incorporated in the truss mechanism, whereas the strut mechan- Compatibility
ism is calculated based on the effective compressive strength of
concrete. The deformation compatibility between the truss and
strut mechanisms is also incorporated in the proposed model. The
proposed model is validated by comparison with available experi-
mental database. The validated results show a satisfactory correlation
between the proposed model and available experimental database.
The proposed model is also compared with the NZS 3101 [1998]; ACI
318 [2002]; and Hwang and Lee [2000]’s joint shear strength model
and an improved performance is found.

1. Introduction
The role of the joint panel has long been recognized by the researchers’ community as the main
critical elements to ensure the flow and continuity of forces within the reinforced concrete
(RC) frames. Recent post-earthquake reports have shown the disruption of flow and continuity
of forces in the RC frames due to the shear failure at these joint panels, leading to a full collapse
of whole buildings. Hence, it is obvious that a reliable analytical model to estimate the shear
strength of RC beam-column joints subjected to seismic loadings is essential.
Different approaches have been tried by several researchers to predict the shear
strength of RC beam-column joints during the last decades. These models can be
categorized into three main categories, namely empirical, plain stress-strain and strut-
and-tie approaches. The very first empirical model for the shear strength of RC beam
column joint was developed by Sarsam and Phillips [1985]. This had been calibrated based
on a limited available data at that time. Vollum and Newman [1999] had also developed
an empirical design equation for evaluating the shear strength of exterior beam-column
joints. Test results of RC exterior beam-column joints under monotonic loadings had been
used by Vollum and Newman [1999] to calibrate their model. Bakir and Boduroglu [2002]
proposed a design equation for the joint shear strengths based on the calibrated results of

CONTACT Cao Thanh Ngoc Tran tctngoc@hcmiu.edu.vn Department of Civil Engineering at International
University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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