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In the present paper, the method proposed in [Casciaro R, Garcea G. An iterative method for shakedown analysis, Comput Methods
Appl Mech Eng 2002;191:5761–92] for the shakedown analysis is used for the evaluation of the shakedown safety factor of reinforced
concrete 3D frames subjected to a combination of varying loads. The FEM discretization for 3D frames is obtained subdividing the
frame into rods and using a 3D beam finite element. Beam end-sections are used for checking plastic admissibility and for this reason
the formulation models the interaction between the axial force and biaxial bending by a piecewise linearization of the elastic domain, for
generic shape reinforced concrete sections. Concrete and steel are assumed to be elasto-plastic, and, for concrete, tensile resistance is
ignored. The algorithm is described in detail and some numerical results, that show the efficacy and effectiveness of the proposed method,
are reported and discussed.
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1. Introduction cases limit analysis does not provide a reliable safety eval-
uation, even if each possible combination of load contained
The possibility, offered by recent European codes, to in the load domain is considered separately. In fact a con-
design structures taking into account their nonlinear tinuous increase in plastic deformations, along successive
behavior has given great importance to elasto-plastic anal- plastically admissible load cycles, could lead to excessive
ysis in civil engineering practice. displacements or produce collapse due to the fatigue, for
If the external load can be assumed as monotonically values of load multiplier less than the theoretical one given
increasing, the safety factor of elasto-plastic structures by limit analysis. A further requirement has to be met in
can be evaluated efficiently by numerical implementations this case. The rising amount of plastic deformation needs
of the classical theorems of limit analysis. Many FEM to be confined to an initial phase after which the structure
codes for limit analysis, based on implementations of behavior is purely elastic.
path-following algorithms that recover the equilibrium This problem lies in the classic and well established
path of the structures, are currently available. For this rea- shakedown theory, and is governed by Melan’s and Koit-
son checking the collapse safety of structures could be con- er’s theorems [3,4]. However, the lack of effective computa-
sidered an easy task. tional procedures for shakedown analysis, that can be used
Nevertheless, the structures are generally subject to var- in FEM codes, has limited the spread of safety check tools
iable cyclic actions, often only described by their overall based on shakedown in professional fields.
envelope domain, as in the case of seismic action. In these An iterative method for shakedown analysis has been
recently proposed in [1,2]. It is based on an iterative scheme
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Corresponding author.
similar to that used in path-following procedures for limit
E-mail addresses: mmalena@uniroma3.it (M. Malena), rcasciaro@ analysis and proves to be both numerically efficient and
labmec.unical.it (R. Casciaro). well suited to FEM implementations. In [5], the method
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was applied to the analysis of two-dimensional structures allowing for the structure shakedown. By referring to Mel-
in Mises material. In the present paper it is implemented an’s theorem, the largest multiplier for the stress domain S
for the analysis of reinforced concrete three-dimensional allowing the sum r½t :¼ re ½t þ r
of the elastic stress solu-
frames. tion and a self-equilibrated stress field r to lie within the
The frame is discretized in beam elements and plastic elastic domain E:
admissibility is checked on the beam end-section by using
ks :¼ maxr fk : kre ½t þ r
2 E 8re ½t 2 Sg;
a multi-surface linearization of the cross-section failure
domain for biaxial bending and axial force. Twenty-six lin- ¼ self-equilibrated
r ð3Þ
ear surfaces are used for each section, that are obtained with kS :¼ fkre ½t : re ½t 2 Sg being the amplified elastic
automatically from concrete section geometry and the envelope, we have to find the translation r of kS that al-
associated reinforcement bars by assuming 26 different lows the maximum amplification of kS under the con-
plastic mechanisms. Note that this model only account straint that the resulting set belongs to the elastic domain
for flexural failures, and we implicitly assume that non-flex- E :¼ fr : f ½r 6 0g; f ½r being a convex yield function (see
ural types of failure are prevented through appropriate Fig. 1).
transverse reinforcements.
This paper begins with the presentation, in Section 2, of 2.2. Shakedown admissible domain
the basic assumptions used in shakedown analysis theory
and with the description of the iterative method proposed As suggested in [1], Eq. (3) is conveniently rewritten in
in [1] for shakedown analysis; in Section 3 the FEM model the form
used is described; in Section 4 the approximate representa-
tion of elastic domain for generic shape reinforced concrete ks :¼ max fk : 9
r 2 Ek g; ¼ self-equilibrated;
r ð4Þ
sections is presented; in Section 5 the shakedown admissi- where
ble domain is described, Section 6 regards the return map-
ping scheme; finally in Section 7 some numerical results, Ek :¼ f
r : fs ½
r; k 6 0g; ð5Þ
that show the efficacy and effectiveness of the proposed as
method, are reported and discussed.
fs ½r; k ¼ maxff ðkre þ r
Þg ð6Þ
re 2Se
2. Shakedown analysis
is the shakedown admissible domain and represents the set
of all possible translations r
of the domain kS within E.
2.1. Basic assumption
Obviously, Ek is also convex and satisfies the condition
We assume the structure is subject to external load p½t 2 Ek () kre ½t þ r
r 2 E: ð7Þ
expressed as a combination of basic loads pi and belonging
Starting from an initial admissible state f
r0 ; e0 g and con-
to the admissible load domain P:
( ) sidering a strain increment e e0 we can obtain the associ-
X p ated final admissible state f r; eg by the following return
min max
P : p½t :¼ ai ½tpi : ai 6 ai ½t 6 ai 8t ð1Þ mapping scheme
i¼1
r E Eep ;
½u; k :¼ r ½u; k 2 Ek ;
r ð8Þ
closed and convex, by definition. This assumption follows
the external load description used in Eurocodes that de-
rives from the fact that the real load evolution is often un-
known while the minimum and maximum values for every
pi are available. Denoting with rei the elastic stress solution
corresponding to single basic load pi , the elastic stress do-
main S can be expressed as
( )
X p
min max
S : re ½t :¼ ai ½trei : ai 6 ai ½t 6 ai 8t ; ð2Þ
i¼1
The method proposed in [1] solves Eq. (4) by means of where sj ¼ s½uj ; kj and vector yj is evaluated by the relation
an iterative-incremental process that produces a non- Z
decreasing sequence kðkÞ ; k ¼ 1; 2; . . ., of multipliers con- yj :¼ DT r
t ½ej ; kj dv; ð17Þ
verging to shakedown factor. It can be summarized as B
follows.
Assuming the structure has been modelled by standard t ½ej ; kj :¼ o
as r r½uj ; kj =ok.
FEM discretization, let u be the vector of free nodal dis- The interested reader is referred to [1,2] for a detailed
placements, e ¼ Du the strain field associated to u by com- presentation of the method. It is worth mentioning here
patibility matrix D and r the stress field, a nodal force that each step is initialized by assuming
vector s½u; k can be associated to u through the virtual
works equilibrium equation k1 :¼ kðk1Þ þ bðkÞ ðkðk1Þ kðk2Þ Þ;
Z u1 :¼ uðk1Þ þ bðkÞ ðuðk1Þ uðk2Þ Þ; ð18Þ
deT r
½u; k ¼ duT s: ð11Þ
B
bk being an appropriate scaling factor we can relate to iter-
Self-equilibrated stresses are characterized by the condition ation loops performed in the previous step which renders
s½u; k ¼ 0, therefore Eq. (4) can be rewritten in discrete the stepping process self-adaptive. Within each step, the
terms as scheme (13) and (16) produces a stress sequence rj monot-
ks :¼ maxr fk : 9
r½u; k 2 Es ½kg : s½u; k ¼ 0; ð12Þ onously convergent ðksj k ! 0Þ to a self-equilibrated solu-
tion. This solution satisfies the plastic admissibility, by
s½u; k being defined by Eq. (11). definition, and the corresponding multiplier kðkÞ is then less
Eq. (12) is solved by an incremental iterative process than or equal to the shakedown multiplier ks . Furthermore,
that produces a sequence of admissible safe states the sequence fkðkÞ g obtained by the step process is monot-
ðkÞ ; kðkÞ ; kðkÞ 6 ks monotonous non-decreasing
xðkÞ ¼ ½uðkÞ ; r onous non-decreasing ðkðkÞ P kðk1Þ Þ and, for kðkÞ ¼ kðk1Þ ,
ðkÞ
in k , starting from the elastic limit state xð0Þ ¼ ½0; 0; ke . provides the shakedown solution ks .
In each step, the new state xðkÞ is obtained from the previ-
ous one xðk1Þ as a limit of the convergent sequence of val-
ues xj ¼ fuj ; r j ; kj g; j ¼ 1; 2; . . ., where the displacement 3. The FEM model
vector and the load multiplier are recursively updated by
(
ujþ1 ¼ uj þ u_ j ; The FEM discretization of the 3D frame is obtained
ð13Þ using the 3D beam element proposed in [6]. The element
kjþ1 ¼ kj þ k_ j : geometry is described by assigning its length, section and
Corrections u_ j and k_ j are defined to satisfy the equilibrium orientation in space, the latter being defined by the unit
condition (12) and a constraint equation: vectors fi x ; i y ; i z g of the local system fx; y; zg in the external
( (global) cartesian fx1 ; x2 ; x3 g system, as shown in Fig. 2.
s½ujþ1 ; kjþ1 ¼ 0; s½uj ; kj þ K j u_ j þ k_ j yj ¼ 0; The element mechanics is defined by the nodal force f i ; f j
ð14Þ and couple resultants mi ; mj of the external action on the
yT ðu uj Þ ¼ 0; yTj u_ j ¼ 0
end-sections i and j of the element and by the associated
with sj defined by (11), K j and yj being the initial tangent nodal displacements ui ; uj and rotations /i ; /j . By collect-
in ðuj ; kj Þ ing these in the ½12 1 element vectors
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8 9 8 9
> pi > > ui > We consider a generic shape reinforced concrete section
>
> > > >
<m > = </ >
> = with an arbitrary distribution of reinforcement bars. The
i i
f e :¼ ; ue :¼ ; ð19Þ section is defined by the position of its vertices in the
> pj >
> > > uj >
> >
>
: ; > >
: ; > fx; yg plane and by the position and the diameter of
mj /j the reinforcement bars. Assuming x and y axes in the prin-
the external work is directly defined as cipal directions of the concrete section, the elastic domain E
of the section is defined as interaction domain between the
T
f e ue ; ð20Þ axial load N and the biaxial bending M x ; M y (Figs. 5–7).
The following assumptions [7,8] are made in the analysis:
while the ½12 12 element stiffness matrix Ke , implicitly
defined by the Clapeyron relation (1) plane sections before deformations remain plane after
1 1 T 1 deformation;
T T 1
Ue ¼ f e ue ¼ ue K e ue ¼ f e Ke f e ð21Þ (2) full strain compatibility exists between the steel rein-
2 2 2
forcements and the surrounding concrete;
will be obtained by recovering the explicit expression for (3) concrete tensile stresses are ignored;
the element elastic strain energy (4) elastic–plastic behavior is assumed for both concrete
Z ( 2 2 2 2 2
and steel;
1 N M 2 M y vx T x þ vy T y þ vt M t (5) strains and stresses are taken into account with their
Ue ¼ þ x þ þ
2 ‘ EA EJ x EJ y GA signs (negative for compression and positive for
tension).
vxy T x T y þ vxt T x M t þ vyt T y M t
þ2 dx; ð22Þ (6) shear and torsion failures are always prevented by the
GA
presence of appropriate transversal reinforcements.
where, using standard notations, N ; T x ; T y ; M t ; M x ; and M y
are the strengths in the generic section of the beam (ex- Eurocode 2 specifies the design material strengths, for
pressed as a function of the end-joint actions pi ; mi ; concrete rcd and steel rsd , defined as follows:
pj and mj through the equilibrium), EA; EJ x ; EJ y ; GA; 0:85 0:83Rck Rsk
and vx ; vy ; vt ; vxy ; vxt ; vyt , are the elastic constants and the rcd :¼ ; rsd :¼ ; ð23Þ
cc cs
shear and torsional factors of section. All the elastic factors
can be obtained from the section geometry through an Rck and Rsk being the reference strengths and cc and cs the
automatic process. Explicit expressions for the element associated safety factors, having the values 1.6 and 1.15,
stiffness matrix K and the nodal force vector s[u] and respectively.
further details about the element are reported in [6].
4.1. Piecewise linearization of the yield surface
4. The elastic domain for a reinforced concrete section
A convenient approximate representation of the elastic
The implementation of the solution method described in domain of the beam sections will be used, based on a
Section 2 needs the design shakedown domain Es ½k to be multi-surface piecewise linearization of its yield surface.
properly defined. This is done by determining the elastic Each flat surface is defined by referring to a possible plastic
domain E for all the reinforced concrete sections employed strain mechanism for the section, defined by the axial strain
in the analysis, once and for all before the start of the incre- ep and the bending strains vpx and vpy , collected in the vector
mental process. The shakedown domain Es ½k is then ep :¼ fep ; vpx ; vpy g: ð24Þ
updated, starting from the elastic domain and using the
current values of k, at each iteration loop of the iterative This choice allows us to determine the position of the neu-
scheme. tral axis and the boundary of compressed concrete section
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Xr . The corresponding failure stresses are then determined and c :¼ ðcx þ cy Þ=2 is defined as the average value of
by the equilibrium equations cx and cy .
8 R This choice allows to rescaling the surfaces according to
> Pnb
>
> N ¼ f cd dX þ Asi fsdi ; the anisotropies in the resistance behavior of the section.
>
> Xr
>
> i¼1
For the isotropic case kt1 t2 k ¼ kt3 t4 k ¼ kt5 t6 k to
< R Pnb
M x ¼ Xr fcd y dX þ Asi fsdi y i ; ð25Þ take six surfaces normal to the axis, eight normals to bisec-
>
> i¼1 tions of the octant, and 12 normals to the bisections in the
>
>
>
> R P
nb x–y; y–z and z–x planes (see Fig. 3).
>
: M y ¼ Xr fcd x dX Asi fsdi xi ;
i¼1
To better illustrate the proposed multi-surface lineariza-
tion, we consider here the three test sections in Fig. 4. The
nb being the number of reinforcement bars, and corresponding piecewise linearization of the elastic domain
fxi ; y i g and Asi the position and the area of each bar. Note is reported in Figs. 5–7 by referring to the undimensional
that the integrals appearing in Eq. (25) are easily obtained, scaled stresses:
integrating by part through the general formula:
M xu M yu Nu
Z XL Z ðxhþ1 y k Þ^
j¼N mx ¼ ; my ¼ ; n¼ ;
k k njx þ ðxh y kþ1 Þ^
njy kt1 t2 k=2 kt3 t4 k=2 kt5 t6 k=2
x y dX ¼ dC; ð26Þ
Xr j¼1 Cj hþkþ2 ð31Þ
ð29Þ
where cx ; cy and cz are defined by limit stress relatively to
principal strain direction:
kt1 t2 k kt3 t4 k kt1 t2 k
cx :¼ ; cy :¼ ; cz :¼ ð30Þ
kt5 t6 k kt5 t6 k kt3 t4 k Fig. 4. Test sections.
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where M xu ; M yu and N u are the failure section stresses and 4.2. Some remarks
t1 t6 are defined as in Eq. (30). The relative errors in do-
main linearization derived from a comparison with the ex- Note that Eqs. (27) and (28) correspond to an external
act solution are reported in Table 1. tangent linearization of the admissible domain, so they will
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Table 1 bk computed once and for all at the beginning of the pro-
Errors in piecewise linearization cess, while amin max
and tei are defined according to Eq.
i ; ai
Section Middle error (%) Quadratic middle error (%) (2).
Rectangular (Fig. 5) 1.85 2.89
T shaped (Fig. 6) 2.96 4.39 5.2. The return mapping scheme
L shaped (Fig. 7) 1.72 2.43
The plastic flow rule (9) and (8), related to the multi-sur-
face yield condition (32) and (33), can be written in the
provide an overestimate of both the collapse and shake-
compact form
down multipliers. However, in concrete applications, the
errors in the evaluation of the domain are quite small ep ¼ Nl;
_ l_ T ¼ ½l_ 1 ; . . . ; l_ m ; l_ k P 0; l_ k fsk ¼ l_ k f_ sk ¼ 0;
(see Table 1) and those actually obtained in the evaluation ð35Þ
of the multipliers are even smaller (see Section 6). So the
approximation can be considered acceptable for practical where l_ is the plastic multiplier vector and N the matrix
purposes. collecting the normals to the m flat surfaces of shakedown
Also note that the process does not check the strains, admissible domain.
but only considers the failure strengths of the section. A Starting from a known safe point ðk0 ; t0 ; u0 Þ the return
check on the total plastic strains in the section is, however, mapping scheme (8) gives the new feasible value of t 2 Ek
provided by the incremental solution process itself. In fact, corresponding to the displacements increment u u0 and
at each new point of the path, the algorithm computes a to the assigned value of k. We obtain
solution in P terms of displacements u and total plastic t ¼ tE þ Dt; ð36Þ
strains ep ¼ k DepðkÞ . This can be assumed as reference
value for the total plastic strain needed by the adaptation where
process to obtain the shakedown solution. So, during the Dt ¼ ENl;
_ tE ¼ t0 þ EðDT u DT u0 Þ; ð37Þ
incremental analysis both the greatest compression strain
in concrete and tensile strain in steel are monitored and matrix E being the stiffness matrix defined in Section 3.
compared with the corresponding ultimate values assigned Neglecting the torsional contribution, the feasibility condi-
by Eurocode 2 (ecu ¼ 0:0035 for the concrete and esu ¼ 0:01 tion becomes
for the steel). When these values are surpassed, the analysis NT ðtE þ DtÞ c þ kb 6 0; cT ¼ ½c1 ; . . . ; cm ;
is stopped. bT ¼ ½b1 ; . . . ; bm : ð38Þ
Previous equations can be summarized in the Haar–Kar-
5. Implementation details man form (10). We obtain
(
5.1. The shakedown admissible domain Es ½k minimize : PHK ½Dt ¼ 12 DtT E1 Dt
ð39Þ
subject to : f s ½Dt; k CT Dt b P 0;
The analysis uses the shakedown admissible domain
Es ½k, defined from the elastic domain E through Eqs. (5) where
and (6). This domain should be updated, according to C ¼ N; b ¼ kb c þ NT tE ; ð40Þ
the current value kj , at each iteration loop of the incremen-
tal process. For this reason the updating of Es ½k plays an that is, a standard strictly convex quadratic programming
important rule in the solution process. problem which is conveniently solved by the active set algo-
The updating can take advantage of the proposed piece- rithm by Goldfarb and Idnani [9], also used in [5] (the inter-
wise linearization of elastic domain (Eq. (28)). In fact, Es ½k ested reader is referred to these papers for further details).
comes to be defined by the shakedown admissibility It is worth mentioning that problem (39) has to be solved
conditions
where
separately for each beam of the frame, using the stiffness According to Eqs. (36) and (37), we have
matrix E of the beam.
ot½uj ; kj
¼ ENl;
_ k; ð42Þ
5.3. Evaluation of vector yj ok
where H :¼ NTa ENa and NTa ; ca and ba collect the active
rows in matrix NT and vectors c and b, respectively. There-
fore, we obtain
_ k ¼ H1 b;
l; t;k ¼ ENH1 b: ð44Þ
6. Numerical results
Fig. 10. Interaction domain for continuous beam and simple 2D frame under P 1 P 2 .
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ð46Þ and two for each horizontal beam. The load domain is
P 1 and P 2 being the horizontal and vertical forces, respec- defined by
tively. The safety domains are shown in Fig. 10, for differ- X
3
ent values of the ratio P 2 =P 1 . Also in this case, the p½t :¼ ai ½tP i ; 1 6 a1 ½t 6 1; 1 6 a2 ½t 6 1; a3 ½t ¼ 1:
i¼1
shakedown domain is overestimated by the collapse one.
ð47Þ
6.3. Simple 3D frame The results for the elastic, shakedown and collapse safety
factors are reported in Fig. 12. Note that the shakedown
The 3D frame, shown in Fig. 11, is considered under the safety domain is quite highly overestimated by the collapse
action of varying horizontal concentrated loads ðP 1 ; P 2 Þ, domain for all P 2 =P 1 ratios.
assumed to be components of a horizontal load P making
an angle a with the global X-axis, in the presence of a con- 6.4. 3D frame 1
stant distributed vertical loading P 3 applied on the beams
that could be interpreted as dead vertical loads. As in the The test refers to the four storey 3D frame shown in
previous test, one element is used to describe each column Figs. 13 and 14, where the horizontal slabs are modeled as
Table 2
P 3 and P 4 loads for beams [KN/m] in 3D frame 1
Level P3 P4 Level P3 P4 Level P3 P4 Level P3 P4
1 40.0 4.0 2 32.0 4.0 3 23.0 4.0 4 18.0 4.0
Fig. 15. Interaction domain for 3D frame 1 (dotted lines include a plastic strain check).
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Table 3 Table 5
Cross-sections for columns in 3D frame 2 P 3 and P 4 loads for beams [KN/m] in 3D frame 2
Grid reference Level Section i Section j Grid reference Level P3 P4
A3 1–2–3–4 5 5 A1–A2 A2–A3 A3–A4 1 9.74 0.59
A4 B4 1–2 5 5 B1–B2 B2–B3 B3–B4 1 4.33 0.59
B3 1–2 5 5 A1–B1 1 20.75 5.0
B3 3–4 6 6 A2–B2 1 27.85 10.0
A1 1 6 5 A3–B3 1 22.85 8.0
A1 2–3–4 5 5 A4–B4 1 20.75 5.0
B1 A2 1–2–3–4 6 6 A1–A2 A2–A3 2 9.74 0.59
B2 1 7 6 B1–B2 B2–B3 B3–B4 A3–A4 2 4.33 0.59
B2 2–3–4 6 6 A1–B1 2 20.75 5.0
A2–B2 2 27.85 10.0
A3–B3 2 28.25 8.0
A4–B4 2 15.35 5.0
Table 4 A1–A2 A2–A3 3 9.74 0.59
Cross-sections for beams in 3D frame 2 B1–B2 B2–B3 3 4.33 0.59
Grid reference Level Section i Section c Section j A1–B1 A3–B3 3 20.75 5.0
A2–B2 3 27.85 10.0
A1–A2 A2–A3 A3–A4 1 3 1 3 A1–A2 A2–A3 B1–B2 B2–B3 4 4.04 0.29
A1–B1 A2–B2 A3–B3 1 3 4 3 A1–B1 4 12.85 2.5
A4–B4 1 2 1 2 A2–B2 4 22.85 5.0
B1–B2 1 2 1 3 A3–B3 4 18.85 4.0
B2–B3 B4–B3 1 3 1 1
A1–A2 A4–B4 2 3 1 3
A2–A3 B1–B2 2 3 1 1 where P 3 and P 4 could be interpreted as dead and live ver-
A3–A4 B3–B4 B2–B3 2 1 1 1
tical loads and P 1 ; P 2 roughly simulate a horizontal seismic
A1–B1 2 2 1 2
A2–B2 2 2 3 4 action.
A3–B3 2 4 3 4 Safety domains, for the elastic, shakedown and collapse
All beams 3 1 1 1 state are reported in Fig. 15, for different values of the ratio
All beams 4 1 1 1 P 2 =P 1 .
Table 6
P 3 and P 4 loads for columns [KN] for 3D frame 2
Grid reference Level P3 P4 Grid reference Level P3 P4
A1 1 84.30 12.50 A1 2 81.50 12.50
A2 1 123.40 25.20 A2 2 120.60 25.20
A3 1 106.30 20.40 A3 2 106.50 20.40
A4 1 80.80 12.80 A4 2 46.60 12.80
B1 1 119.20 24.10 B1 2 116.40 24.10
B2 1 165.50 50.40 B2 2 162.70 50.40
B3 1 138.20 40.20 B3 2 162.20 40.20
B4 1 120.80 25.10 B4 2 85.60 25.10
A1 3 79.30 12.50 A1 4 41.20 6.30
A2 3 120.60 25.20 A2 4 75.80 12.60
A3 3 79.00 12.30 A3 4 57.40 9.90
B1 3 114.10 24.10 B1 4 70.50 12.10
B2 3 162.70 50.40 B2 4 132.40 25.20
B3 3 116.10 24.70 B3 4 103.10 19.70
Load domain is defined by does not consider the resistance deterioration due to the
X
4 brittle behavior of the concrete. However its ability to also
p½t :¼ ai ½tP i ; 1 6 a1 ½t; a2 ½t 6 1; provide an evaluation for the total plastic strains spent in
i¼1 the adaptation process, could allow, at least in principle,
a3 ½t ¼ 1; 0 6 a4 ½t 6 1: ð49Þ to also include in the analysis a safety check based on duc-
tility requirements. This extension will be necessary in prac-
The safety domains are reported in Fig. 18 (on the right). tical design, because the assumption of perfect plasticity
In the same figure, on the left, the evolution of the shake- can lead to solutions which overestimate the load capacity
down multiplier versus displacement in the X-direction of of the structure.
node B4 in correspondence of fourth storey is reported. Finally, it is worth mentioning that the ability of the
The number of iterations performed in each step is also re- proposed approaches to analyze, not only simple tests of
ported in the same figure. academic interest but also large complex frames, shows
that shakedown analysis could be considered a suitable
7. Conclusions tool to be used in practical design of reinforced concrete
structures like a possible and more appropriate substitute
A FEM procedure for the shakedown analysis of rein- for the methods which use the same structural modeling
forced concrete 3D frames subject to complex loading con- but, are based on collapse analysis approaches.
ditions has been presented, based on the iterative method
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