ANCHORAGE OF COLUMN REBARS WHERE COLUMN DEPTH GREATLY REDUCES AND STRUCTURAL WALL APPEARS

Abstract

Experiments were carried out to examine the anchorage of column rebars for RC buildings with pilotis floor where the column depth greatly reduces. All the specimens failed in raking-out before the flexural yielding. It is important to avoid greatly reducing the column depth. When it is unavoidable to reduce the column depth; to transfer the column stresses to other members surely, note that: (1) the depth of beam over the pilotis floor should be as large as the column rebars are developable, (2) the beam bottom should be reinforced longitudinally enough.