Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Exterior Beam Column Joint Subjected to Seismic Loading

  Kirtan N Gangani,  Suhasini M Kulkarni,  Dr. Yogesh D Patil

The present work aims to study the seismic performance of exterior beam column joint with the presence of inclined reinforcing bars in their core region. To model the complex behavior of reinforced concrete analytically in its non-linear zone is difficult. This has led engineers in the past to rely heavily on empirical formulas which were derived from numerous experiments for the design of reinforced concrete structures. FEM helps in the investigation of the behavior of the structure under different loading conditions, its load deflection behavior and the cracks pattern. In the present study, Analysis of nine RC beam column joint has been carried out with the intention to investigate the relative importance of several parameters such as load displacement graph, the crack patterns, propagation of the cracks and the crack width using ATENA software as well as experimentally.

Keywords- Exterior RC beam column joint, Inclined reinforcing bars, ATENA

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1502157
Page Number(s) - 892-896
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 2 | May 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Kirtan N Gangani,  Suhasini M Kulkarni,  Dr. Yogesh D Patil,   "Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Exterior Beam Column Joint Subjected to Seismic Loading", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 2, pp.892-896, May 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1502157.pdf