Seismic Performance of RC Beam-Column Connections with Continuous Rectangular Spiral Transverse Reinforcements for Low Ductility Classes

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="802605.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/802605/figures/802605.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Common closed stirrups</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="802605.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/802605/figures/802605.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Rectangular spiral reinforcement</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="802605.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/802605/figures/802605.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Twisted opposing rectangular spiral</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Contribution of the spiral reinforcement on the shear capacity.</table>

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Figure 1: Seismic Performance of RC Beam-Column Connections with Continuous Rectangular Spiral Transverse Reinforcements for Low Ductility Classes 