RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Parametrical Analysis for the Rotational Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Beams
Domenico Raffaele, Giuseppina Uva, Francesco Porco, Andrea Fiore*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 7
First Page: 242
Last Page: 253
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-7-242
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501307010242
Article History:
Received Date: 13/5/2013Revision Received Date: 30/7/2013
Acceptance Date: 28/8/2013
Electronic publication date: 29/11/2013
Collection year: 2013
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Abstract
The assessment of the plastic rotation of reinforced concrete beams is an essential aspect to avoid structural brittle collapses. The value actually available can be generally determined as sum of two different components. The first, due to bending, the second for inclined shear cracks. This paper presents a simplified model which provides the flexural plastic rotation of the rectangular beams with a ``closed-form solution''. The approach is substantially dimensionless and includes main influencing factors the cross -section, as mechanical material properties, ductility, geometrical and mechanical reinforcement ratio, confinement effects. In closing, in order to appreciate the reliability of the procedure, a comparison with models proposed by international technical standards is made.