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MOMENT- CURVATURE RELATIONSHIP

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
The basic assumptions made in the development of the Ultimate Strength Theory for reinforced concrete are listed below. 1. Plane section remains plane after bending. 2. Concrete cannot take any tension. 3. There is perfect bond between steel and concrete, i.e. steel and concrete fibers, located at the same distance from the neutral plane will have identical strains.

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
1. Stress-strain relation for the reinforcing steel is elasto-plastic, i.e. si=siEs < fy. 2. Maximum strain in the extreme fiber of concrete in compression is cu. 3. Concrete stress distribution in the compression zone is assumed same as the curves obtained experimentally from uniaxially loaded specimens.

The flexural behavior of a reinforced concrete cross-section (a non-linear material) can best be studied by using its moment-curvature relationship. If the moment-curvature relationship is available, one can predict the strength and the stiffness, as well as the ductility characteristics of the crosssection.

d2y 1 d = = = 2 dx dx

x ci = = y c

This procedure is outlined below


Choose the extreme fiber concrete strain, ci (e.g. start with ci=0.0001) Assume a neutral axis depth, assume c From the compatibility equation, compute the steel strains si, and the concrete strains at the centroid of each strip.. Compute the steel stresses from

si = si E s f y

Compatibility Equations : For a given ci, the general equation is:

x p c xi si = ci c
Since for rectangular sections xp=h/2,

xi h/2 si = ci 1 + c

Compute the steel forces, Fsi=Asisi Compute the concrete stresses at stip centers by using appropriate concrete models. Compute the steel forces, Fci=Acici Check the force equilibrium using the first equilibrium equation If the equilibrium is not satisfied, go to step 2 and
K =
ci

assume another value for c. These iterations should be repeated until the equilibrium is satisfied.

Compute N(e)=Moment from the second equilibrium equation Compute the curvature from the following equation

K =

ci
c

Go to step 1 and take another value of ci .

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