Abstract
In order to develop a method for evaluating seismic damage of reinforced concrete members based on the energy concept, the energy dissipation capability of fivereinforced concrete specimens were evaluated from seismic loading tests carried out in two stages. First, the effects of the number of shear reinforcements was investigated by means of shear reinforcement ratio or nominal shear strength. This result shows that the energy dissipation capability was correlated with both values. Next, we verified the generality of this result and demonstrated that the energy dissipation capability is correlated with the nominal shear strength.
