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Title:	Behavior of L-shaped reinforced concrete columns under combined biaxial bending and compression
Author:	Shah, Amar
View Online:	njit-etd1984-013 (ix, 93 pages ~ 4.7 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Civil Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Hsu, C.T. Thomas (Committee chair) Wecharatana, Methi (Committee member) Ansari, Farhad (Committee member)
Date:	1984
Keywords:	Columns, Concrete--Testing. Reinforced concrete.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Combined biaxial and axial compression for L-shaped reinforced concrete short columns is a common design Problem. Current code, provisions and the available design aids do not offer an insight into the determination of strength and ductility of biaxially loaded reinforced concrete column. An experimental and analytical investigation of the moment-deformation behavior of biaxially loaded L-shaped short columns were undertaken. Four 1/2 scaled specimens were tested till failure. Moment-curvature and load-deflection curves were developed from the experimental and the analytical results. The analytical results were obtained using a computer program developed by Hsu (1). From the investigation it is deduced that the computer program developed by Hsu (1) can be used to find the ultimate strength, the moment-deformation characteristics, the stress and the strain distributions across the section of L-shaped, biaxially loaded column with large and small eccentricities.