Research Article

Experimental Study on Novel Energy-Dissipating Prefabricated Beam-Column Joints

Table 2

Summary of results.

SpecimenDirectionInitial crackingYielding of main rebarUltimate state
(mm) (kN) (mm) (kN) (mm) (kN)

PC1Positive464.457.58166.959.97188.68
Negative475.596.1299.928.40119.22

PC2Positive269.678.43192.2710.03207.13
Negative479.966.56119.568.44132.26

PC3Positive4112.099.75208.4914.47234.92
Negative4100.918.48163.9211.50186.17