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

Table 11

User-defined plastic hinge properties of Pier #2 columns, Bridge #2-E.

Direction	Axial load level	Overstrength		Plastic hinge length (); (in.)	Yield curvature	Yield rotation; Rad	Plastic curvature	Plastic rotation; Rad
		Axial; (kips)	Moment; (kip⋅ft)
T			1554.4	17.41	99.6	0.00173	0.0001173	0.00204
			1182.2				0.0004913	0.00856
		0.0	870.2				0.0011457	0.01995
L			1554.4	27.37	99.6	0.00273	0.0001173	0.00321
			1111.8				0.0006231	0.01706
		0.0	870.2				0.0011457	0.03136