Analytical study on failure process of reinforced concrete wall-type skewed pier

Abstract

Wall-type reinforced concrete piers have been broadly constructed out of urban area under space limitation. However the deformation capacity against earthquake should be evaluated appropriately as a function of the skewed angle. This paper aims to grasp the behavior of wall-type skewed piers under cyclic loading using the three dimensional fiber model analysis. As a result, it was found that the fiber mode l analysis could simulate the experimental results before failure of the longitudinal reinforcement.