Abstract: The effect of skew, anisotropic reinforcement on the post‐cracking response and ultimate capacity of RC membrane elements under monotonically increasing proportional loading is studied. Appropriate constitutive models for ...

Abstract: Use of a layering technique in general nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis of reinforced‐concrete flat shell elements is introduced. Stack of simple four‐node plane stress and Mindlin plate elements is used to simulate ...

Abstract: An automatic procedure for spatial modeling and inclusion of straight segments of embedded reinforcement in a mesh of solid‐isoparametric elements representing concrete is presented. This procedure alleviates the laborious ...

Abstract: The effect of brace local inertia (LI) on seismic response of short to medium rise diagonally braced offshore jackets is studied using conventional beam-column finite elements. A range of variables including brace slenderness ...

Abstract: A triaxial constitutive model for finite-element (FE) analysis of preand postcracking behavior of concrete is presented. A five-parameter ultimate strength envelope is used in the stress space. For compression dominated ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) model for finite-element (FE) analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) based on smeared cracking approach is presented. The constitutive model for plain concrete has been presented and verified in a ...

Abstract: Nonlinear finite element analysis of dowel‐jointed concrete pavements is presented. The nonlinearities considered are cracking of concrete in tension, compressive yielding of concrete, and loss of support due to lift‐off ...