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Nonlinear Analysis and Design of RC Bridge Columns Subjected to Imposed Deformations

Hellesland, Jostein; Choudhury, Deepak; Scordelis, Alex C.

UCB/SESM-1985/03, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-04, 351 pages

A study of reinforced concrete bridge columns subjected to imposed end rotations and end displacements is presented. Prismatic columns with symmetrically reinforced rectangular cross sections under uniaxial bending are considered. Numerical solutions are obtained using a finite element computer program, PCFRAME, capable of performing nonlinear geometric, material and time dependent analysis of planar reinforced and prestressed concrete frames.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-85-03.pdf (14 MB)