In order to investigate the response characteristics of a reinforced concrete column under earthquake forces and to evaluate the seismic design method in JSCE's Standard Specification of Concrete in 1986, static and pseudo-dynamic tests using reinforced concrete column specimens and related analyses were carried out. It was confirmed that the classification of the level of serviceability after the earthquake stipulated in the Specification was adequate from the cracking pattern of columns subjected to static cyclic loadings. From the results of pseudo-dynamic test, the appropriateness of the limit state modification factor specified in the Specification was verified. The response of a reinforced concrete column under an actual earthquake which caused definite shear failure was presented properly by pseudo-dynamic test. Analytical models to evaluate the static inelastic displacement and the seismic response of reinforced concrete columns were proposed and were confirmed to be adequate.
