SEISMIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LOW STRENGTH CONCRETE MEMBERS WITH PLAIN ROUND BAR

Abstract

In the series of experimental studies concerning low strength concrete members, it was pointed out that the flexural and shear strength of members with plain round bars was lower than the calculated values. This result is due to the occurrence of bond slip failure before yielding or shear cracking. A calculation flow to obtain the strength of the RC member with low strength concrete and plain round bar is proposed. This flow is verified with data of the previous studies.