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Shaking table tests and numerical investigation of self-centering reinforced concrete bridge columns

Jeong, Hyungil; Sakai, Junichi; Mahin, Stephen A.

PEER-2008/06, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley, 2008, PDF (14.3 MB) (400/P33/2008-06)

The research presented in this report is part of a larger analytical and experimental investigation to develop and validate design methods for self-centering concrete columns that inherently have relatively small residual displacements following severe earthquake shaking. The main objectives of this study are to investigate the seismic performance, identify the key design variables, and evaluate the effect of different ground motions and different column configurations for a self-centering reinforced concrete (RC) column with unbonded prestressing strand placed at the center of the cross section.

Available online: http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports/reports_2008/web_PEER806_JEONG_SAKAI_MAHIN.pdf