Anchor-bolt-yield-exposed-column-bases show various restoring force characteristics, that maximum bending moments fluctuate due to axial forces, especially variable axial forces including tension causing many resisting mechanisms. The column-bases with multi-rows of anchor-bolts generally used show multi-linear cyclic curves. The column-bases with anchor-bolts on the centroid axis show discontinuous slip-type cyclic-curves.In this paper, an experimental study on multi-rows of anchor-bolts column bases subjected to variable axial forces including tension and cyclic bending moment were carried out and the experimental results were examined to clarify the resisting behavior of the column bases. Prof., Graduate School of Eng., Hiroshima University, Dr. Eng.-----***-*** 201* * J. Struct. Constr. Eng., AIJ, Vol.--, No.---, ***-***, ***., 201* -1 / 9 - Anchor-bolt-yield-exposed-column-bases show various restoring force characteristics, that maximum bending moments fluctuate due to axial forces, especially variable axial forces including tension causing many resisting mechanisms. The column-bases with multi-rows of anchor-bolts generally used show multi-linear cyclic curves. The column-bases with anchor-bolts on the centroid axis show discontinuous slip-type cyclic-curves.In this paper, an experimental study on multi-rows of anchor-bolts column bases subjected to variable axial forces including tension and cyclic bending moment were carried out and the experimental results were examined to clarify the resisting behavior of the column bases. Anchor-bolt-yield-exposed-column-bases show various restoring force characteristics, that maximum bending moments fluctuate due to axial forces, especially variable axial forces including tension causing many resisting mechanisms. The column-bases with multi-rows of anchor-bolts generally used show multi-linear cyclic curves. The column-bases with anchor-bolts on the centroid axis show discontinuous slip-type cyclic-curves.In this paper, an experimental study on multi-rows of anchor-bolts column bases subjected to variable axial forces including tension and cyclic bending moment were carried out and the experimental results were examined to clarify the resisting behavior of the column bases.