Takao Nishikawa

Shear transfer constitutive model for pre-cracked RC plate subjected to combined axial and shear stress

This paper proposes the constitutive model for the shear transfer through the cracks of pre-cracked reinforced concrete (RC) plate subjected to combined axial and shear stress. The plate is a scale model of a shear wall of a nuclear power plant (NPP) building. Twelve plate specimens were initially cracked and then loaded to the failure point by increasing cyclic shear under constant axial stress. Tangential shear modulus, Gcr, values are estimated from the v � /g relationships observed in the test results and formulated to the constitutive model as the correlation function of the normal strain perpendicular to the crack plane, ocr, and shear strain, gcr, based on the smeared crack model concept. By incorporating the proposed model to a nonlinear FEM analysis program and comparing the analysis results with the test results, it is apparent that the program could be improved in its analytical accuracy. The proposed model will be useful for the nonlinear analysis of RC shear walls when the walls are exposed to simultaneous multi-directional load. # 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.