Abstract: A strut–tie model approach has proven to be useful for the detailing of disturbed regions of structural concrete. This approach promotes a better understanding of force transfer mechanisms and improves the designer’s ability ...

Abstract: This paper presents an interactive computer graphics program for implementing the nonlinear strut-tie model approach for the practical design and analysis of disturbed regions in structural concrete. The graphics program ...

Abstract: Although approaches implementing strut-tie models are valuable tools for designing disturbed regions of structural concrete, the provisions of current design codes have to be improved because of uncertainties in terms of ...

Abstract: A genetic algorithm (GA)-based optimum design algorithm and a program incorporated with the refined plastic hinge analysis method, one of the second-order inelastic analysis methods, are presented. In the refined plastic ...

Abstract: General approaches for determining the effective stress levels of concrete struts and for verifying the bearing capacity of nodal zones in strut-tie models are proposed. The effective stress levels of concrete struts are ...