Research Article

Effects of Seawater Corrosion and Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Mechanical Properties of Fatigue Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams

Table 12

Bending stiffness analysis.

Fatigue SpecimenInitial stiffnessamplitude reductionYield stiffnessamplitude reductionUltimate stiffnessamplitude reduction
load levelkN⋅m2kN⋅m2kN⋅m2

0A141401900890
B134317.1%13031.6%6823.6%
C231823.2%10445.3%5736.0%

0.2A434101900820
B33245.0%13131.1%5532.9%
C326023.7%9550.0%5335.4%

0.3A629801520790
B6320−7.4%11027.6%5332.9%
C524517.8%9140.1%4839.2%