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

Table 12

Plastic curvature capacity of Pier #2 columns, Bridge #3-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	0.0003102	0.0002003	0.0063260	0.0021910	0.0015229
		T	0.0008436	0.0011569	0.0044562	0.0021910	0.0023165
		L	0.0010593	0.0021517	0.0042670	0.0021910	0.0026375
	0.0	T & L	0.0023579	Tension	0.0038788	0.0021910	0.0045696

and .