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

Table 14

Plastic curvature capacity of new columns, Pier #2 & #3 of Bridge #4-W.

Axial load level	Axial; (kips)	Direction	Compression failure confined	Buckling of long. rebars	Fracture of long. rebars	Low-cycle fatigue of long. rebars	Failure in the lap-splice zone
			Rad/in.
		T & L	0.0011169		0.0056628	0.0019116	0.0011484
		T & L	0.0030921	NC	0.0037002	0.0019116	0.0012960
	0.0	T & L	0.0046158	NC	0.0034514	0.0019116	0.0013836

and ;