Abstract
Reinforced concrete C-bent columns with longer beams in one direction than the other are subjected to eccentric loadings in the vertical and the longitudinal directions. A cyclic loading test was conducted to 8 reinforced concrete specimens with various eccentricities. It was found that failure of concrete in the plastic hinge is extensive on the face where compression is induced resulted from the eccentricity. This results in a residual drift in the eccentricity compression side and a rotation of columns around the vertical axis. It was also found that the bilateral loading results in more extensive failure in the columns with eccentricity than the unilateral loading.
