Impact of Plastic Hinge Properties on Capacity Curve of Reinforced Concrete Bridges

Table 10

Plastic curvature capacity of Pier #2 columns, Bridge #2-E.

Axial load level	Axial; (kips)	Direction	Compression failure unconfined	Buckling of long. rebars	Fracture of long. rebars	Low-cycle fatigue of long. rebars	Failure in the lap-splice zone
			rad/in.
		T & L	0.0002197	0.0001173	0.0056480	0.0020010	0.0011435
		T	0.0005576	0.0004913	0.0038295	0.0020010	0.0016161
		L	0.0006404	0.0006231	0.0037024	0.0020010	0.0017319
	0.0	T & L	0.0011457	0.0024662	0.0033434	0.0020010	0.0024387

and .