The State of the Art of the Studies on Ultimate Shear Strength and Resistance Mechanism of the Particular Shaped RC Interior Beam-Column Joints

Abstract

In this paper, the state of the art of the studies on the three particular shaped interior beam-column joints in the plane frame is described. At present, the equations of joint shear strength for the shape of exterior and interior joint are proposed. But these proposed equations do not reflect the influence of aspect ratio of joint, the mechanical behavior of beam-column assemblage with one-sided eccentricity and that of beam-column assemblage with different floor levels on both sides of column.