Abstract: In most conventional methods of reinforced concrete analysis, cracks are formed in the principal stress direction and are not allowed to change direction with the change in state. This practice leads to crack directions ...

Abstract: In current practice, stresses from elastic analysis are used to design reinforcement in concrete shells based on pointwise limit state behavior. This practice may be justified in view of the lower bound theorem of plasticity ...

Abstract: The results of nonlinear analysis of a reinforced concrete nuclear containment vessel subjected to dead load, internal pressure, and earthquake are presented. The membrane reinforcement for the containment is first designed ...