Using test results presented in previous studies, design and modeling recommendations for steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) coupling beams are provided for both code-based (prescriptive) design approaches and performance-based design approaches. Procedures for computing both nominal and expected (upper bound) moment and shear strengths are described. For embedment, a capacity design approach is recommended in which the provided embedment strength exceeds the expected beam strength. Two approaches are recommended for determination of effective stiffness, one based on using a rigid beam (for flexure and shear) along with an interface rotational spring, since test results from the literature indicate that the majority of the coupling-beam deformations were associated with interface slip/extension, and an alternative approach where the effective stiffness is based on the beam aspect ratio or beam length. Additional parameters are provided to define deformation capacity at significant strength loss (to complete the backbone relations) and to address cyclic degradation.
Steel-Reinforced Concrete Coupling Beams. II: Modeling
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Steel-Reinforced Concrete Coupling Beams. II: Modeling
Christopher J. Motter; David C. Fields; John D. Hooper, F.ASCE; Ron Klemencic, M.ASCE; and John W. Wallace, F.ASCE
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Journal of Structural EngineeringFebruary 2004
Journal of Structural EngineeringJune 2001
Journal of Structural EngineeringJune 2001
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Authors
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand (corresponding author). E-mail: c.motter@auckland.ac.nz
Senior Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, 1301 Fifth Ave., Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101-2699. E-mail: dfields@mka.com
Senior Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, 1301 Fifth Ave., Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101-2699. E-mail: jhooper@mka.com
Chairman and CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, 1301 Fifth Ave., Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101-2699. E-mail: rklemencic@mka.com
Professor, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095. E-mail: wallacej@ucla.edu
Received: January 15, 2016
Accepted: August 03, 2016
Published online: October 17, 2016
©2016 American Society of Civil Engineers