This article presents refinements of the rotating‐angle softened truss model (RA‐STM) to analyze reinforced concrete (RC) membrane elements. To refine the model, an efficient solution procedure to solve the nonlinear problem and a set of appropriate average stress–strain relationships for concrete and steel bars, to account for the softening and stiffening effects, are used. These refinements allow the theoretical model to predict well the behavior of RC membrane elements under shear, namely the ultimate state, including the post‐peak behavior. The results obtained from the refined model are compared with experimental results found in the literature, where good agreement is observed.
This paper deals with a fundamental issue for tall buildings safety: the structural analysis of reinforced concrete shear-walls that resist lateral loads. For two shear walls (simple planar and U-shaped), the results determined according to the Brazilian design code approximate procedure (NBR-6118:2014) and the grid method (CAD/TQS), presented in the literature, are compared with material and geometrically nonlinear finite shell element analysis (NL-FEA), performed by the software VecTor 4, based on the modified compression field theory (MCFT). In both cases NL-FEA analyses, besides the large computational cost, it was observed the significant influence of stress redistribution, and the Saint-Venant’s principle, on the vertical normal stresses, and the consequent smoothing of the second order localized effects on the shear walls.
This paper presents the development of a nonlinear finite element analysis program for reinforced concrete structures, subject to monotonic loading, using thin flat shell finite elements. The element thickness is discretized in concrete and steel layers. It is adopted the Newton-Raphson method, considering a secant stiffness approach for the Material Nonlinear Analysis, based on the Modified Compression Field Model (MCFT), unlike the usual tangent stiffness approach. The original formulation was expanded to also consider the Geometric Nonlinear Analysis, through a Total Lagrangian Formulation. The program was validated through comparison with experimental results, for different structures. It was observed good agreement, besides adequate computational cost.
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