Numerical and analytical investigation of internal slab-column connections subject to cyclic loading

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 184; pp. 535 - 554
• Main Authors: Setiawan, Andri, Vollum, Robert L., Macorini, Lorenzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Crack closure; Cyclic loads; Degradation; Design; Design analysis; Drift; Ductility; Earthquake loads; Empirical analysis; Finite element method; Gravity; Investigations; Laboratory tests; Mathematical models; Nonlinear analysis; Plastic deformation; Punching shear; Reinforcement; Seismic engineering; Seismic response; Size effects; Slabs; Stiffness

•Nonlinear finite analysis (NLFEA) of punching failure in cyclically loaded flat slabs.•NLFEA captures experimentally observed features of cyclic degradation.•Simplified design procedure proposed for punching shear under seismic loading.•Design method based on Critical Shear Crack Theory. Properly d...