RESEARCH ARTICLE
Specified Domain in Nu-Mu Interaction Diagram for Logical Judgment in Numerical Analysis on Compression Reinforced Concrete Members
Yingjie Jia*, Peng Chang, Jing Sun
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 400
Last Page: 405
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-8-400
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801408010400
Article History:
Received Date: 16/9/2014Revision Received Date: 23/12/2014
Acceptance Date: 31/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2014
Collection year: 2014
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Abstract
A series of specified domains in Nu-Mu interaction diagram are proposed to determine optimal reinforcement schemes for rectangular RC column sections subjected to uniaxial eccentric load. These domains divide the area covered by interaction diagram into four regions of safety zone, compression-controlled zone, balanced failure zone and tensioncontrolled zone, which can help engineer to understand all possibilities of section failure under varied reinforcement scheme when they carried out a section design for columns with numerical analysis. With the physical information included in the diagram, the domains help to establish logical judgment between practical reinforcement schemes specified by the Chinese code (GB50010-2010) and corresponding load combination (Nu, Mu) in interaction diagram, and also provide physical interpretation on any calculated result of steel consumption.