Three-story, two-bay concrete frames with plain bars under cyclic lateral loading

• Main Authors: Palios, Xenophon, Strepelias, Elias, Stathas, Nikolaos, Fardis, Michael, Bousias, Stathis, Chrysostomou, Christis, Kyriakides, Nikolas
• Other Authors: Παλιός, Ξενοφών
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Reinforced concrete; Smooth bars; Οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα; Λείες ράβδοι

A 2:3-scale three-story, one-by-two-bay, strong beam-weak column RC frame with plain bars in the columns was subjected to cyclic lateral loading following an inverted triangular heightwise pattern. Column detailing, the testing program and instrumentation focused on the behavior of plain bars and it...