EXPECTED MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND OVERSTRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE COLUMNS
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Abstract
In the performance-based seismic design of bridge structures, the behaviors of bridges are often evaluated using expected material strengths rather than their specified strengths. The use of expected material properties would lead to a more realistic prediction of the structural performance under moderate to large earthquakes. In the current practice, non-ductile members that are capacity-protected are required to be designed to resist the maximum probable force effects (overstrength / probable strength) that can be developed in their adjacent ductile members (also called Seismic Critical Members). The approaches to calculating the overstrength of a ductile member are different in various design codes. The Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CSA S6-19) permits the use of a factor of 1.3 to the expected nominal resistance of the ductile concrete members, whereas the Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria requires a factor of 1.2 to be applied to the idealized plastic moment capacity of the ductile members. Although the design philosophy is the same in the two codes, the processes of calculating the flexural capacity of ductile members are different. It is critical to ensure that the expected material properties used in design codes are consistent with the test data from the industry. This paper evaluates the expected material properties based on the rebar test data provided by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute - a technical institute and Standards Developing Organization based in the United States and then proposes new factors to calculate the expected material properties from the specified properties. Using the expected material properties, this research performs a large number of sectional analyses to arrive at appropriate factors for calculating the probable resistance of ductile concrete sections. This study is limited to square cross-sections and some preliminary findings are to be further investigated in future studies.
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