Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1985
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
First Advisor
C.T. Thomas Hsu
Second Advisor
Rafaat Hussein
Third Advisor
Farhad Ansari
Abstract
Other than rectangular and circular shapes, channel and L-shaped reinforced concrete columns are a common design problem for engineers. Since the available design aids and the current code provisions do not provide adequate guidelines for evaluating the ductility and strength of biaxially-loaded reinforced concrete columns, an experimental and analytical investigation and study of the behavior of biaxially-loaded channel and L-shaped short columns was undertaken.
Four one-quarter scale specimens, two specimens for L-shaped and channel shaped columns respectively, were casted, cured and tested till failure.
Moment, curvature and load deflection curves developed from the experiment were compared with the results obtained from a computer program developed by Hsul. From the investigation, it is concluded that the computer program can be used to calculate the moment-curvature, load deflection, the ultimate strength, and stress and strain distributions across the sections with both small and large eccentricities.
Recommended Citation
Hannoush, Gabriel, "Behavior of high strength irregular shaped reinforced concrete columns under combined biaxial bending and compression" (1985). Theses. 3435.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3435
