Seismic Performance Comparison of a High-Content SDA Frame and Standard RC Frame

Table 9

Damage assessment of SDA concrete frame.

Test sequence	SDA concrete frame
	Columns				Beams
	C1	C2	C3	C4	B1	B2
1	A thick crack at the outer face of the column edge	—	—	Shear crack at the inner face of the beam-column joint	—	—
2	—	—	2 Vertical cracks on the outer face of the column	Vertical crack on the outer face of the column	—	—
3	Diagonal crack at the outer face of the column	—	Vertical crack on the outer face of column	—	—	—
4	—	—	Shear crack at the inner face of the beam-column joint	Shear crack at the inner face of the beam-column joint	—	Vertical crack on the inner face of the beam near column C4
5	—	—	(a) Horizontal crack exactly below the beam-column joint of column C3 and beam B2; (b) Vertical crack at mid height on outer face of the column	(a) Extended vertical crack on the outer face of the column; (b) Base of the column damaged; (c) Vertical crack at the mid height of the column; (d) Horizontal crack exactly below the beam column joint of the column and beam B2	—	—