Flexural and Thermal Properties of Novel Energy Conservation Slotted Reinforced Concrete Beams

Table 5

Characteristic points on the calculated moment curvature curves of the specimens.

Specimen identifier	Yielding curvature (rad)	Yielding moment (kN·m)	Peak moment capacity (kN·m)	Ultimate curvature (rad)	Ductility ratio
RB-10	0.012	41.6	48.1	0.158	12.7
RB-12	0.013	45.8	52.6	0.139	11.0
RB-14	0.014	52.0	58.0	0.122	8.9
SB1-14	0.014	51.5	57.3	0.112	8.0
SB2-10	0.013	41.1	47.5	0.136	10.6
SB3-12	0.014	46.3	52.0	0.122	8.8
SB1-12	0.013	46.0	52.9	0.141	11.2
SB2-14	0.014	52.1	58.1	0.123	8.9
SB3-10	0.013	41.3	46.7	0.120	9.0

Note: the curvature ductility of the beam section was calculated by .