Abstract: Finite‐element formulations are presented for the analysis of reinforced concrete membrane structures. Cracked reinforced concrete is treated as an orthotropic material based on a smeared, rotating crack model. Secant‐stiffness ...

Abstract: The lateral expansion of concrete subjected to compression (i.e., the Poisson effect) is shown to be a significant factor influencing the behavior of reinforced concrete elements in tension‐compression states in which the ...

Abstract: The failure of two reinforced concrete structures is recounted, one involving a warehouse structure and the other an offshore platform base structure. Design details and factors leading to the collapses are identified and ...

Abstract: A conceptual model is presented for describing the behavior of cracked reinforced concrete elements, representing a hybrid formulation between a fully rotating crack model and a fixed crack model. The formulation described ...

Abstract: The Disturbed Stress Field Model is a smeared delayed-rotating-crack model, proposed recently as an alternative to fully fixed or fully rotating crack models, for representing the behavior of cracked reinforced concrete. ...

Abstract: A simple approach was developed for performance-based analysis of reinforced concrete columns subjected to shear, flexure and axial loads. This method is based on a simplification of a consistent but relatively more complex ...

Abstract: The classic series of beam tests conducted by Bresler and Scordelis some 40 years ago to investigate the behavior of reinforced concrete in shear, is commonly regarded as a benchmark against which finite element analysis ...