2012 Volume 68 Issue 3 Pages 209-224
A versatile index which can identify failure and load-carrying capacity of RC planar members is proposed on the basis of analytical results in relation to material damage. This study aims to promote the performance verification applying finite element analysis based on material nonlinear constitutive models. Response behavior of various shape of RC planar members can be analytically evaluated with satisfactory accuracy, and situation at maximum load is approximately identified by two previous methods which use local strain if element size recommended in JSCE code is provided. The situation can be also identified equivalently by using consume strain energy averaged over certain region. Moreover, this method allows greater flexibility on mesh definition.
