Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Progressive Collapse Behavior in Scaled RC Beam-Column Subassemblage

Table 1

Geometric properties of prototype frames and specimens.

Specimen	⁢Beam; span; (mm)	Beam size (mm)		⁢Column size (mm)		⁢Reinforcement; ratio at the; column	⁢Reinforcement; ratio at the; joint		⁢Reinforcement; ratio at the; beam mid; span
		Depth	Width	Depth	Width		Top	Bottom	Top	Bottom
Full-scale specimen (prototype)	5385	500	700	700	700	1.7% (12#9)	0.65% (4#8)	0.41% (2#9)	0.32% (2#8)	0.41% (2#9)
Scaled specimen	1500	140	200	200	200	1.7% ()	0.62% (3T8)	0.41% (2T8)	0.41% (2T8)	0.41% (2T8)

“T” denotes high-yield strength reinforcement with nominal yield strength of 530 Mpa; T8: bar with 8 mm diameter.
“#” denotes high-yield strength reinforcement as referred in Lew et al., #8: NO. 8 bar with 25.4 mm diameter, #9: NO. 9 bar with 28.7 mm diameter.