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

Table 13

User-defined plastic hinge properties of Pier #2 columns, Bridge #3-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 & L			1309.2	19.18	125.0	0.0024	0.0002003	0.00384
			1053.0				0.0008436	0.01618
		0.0	734.7				0.0021910	0.04202
L			971.3	19.18	125.0	0.0024	0.0010593	0.02032