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

Table 7

User-defined plastic hinge properties of Pier #2 old columns, Bridge #1-W.

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	21.18	99.6	0.00211	0.0001173	0.00248
			1290.1				0.0003543	0.00750
		0.0	870.2				0.0011457	0.02427
L			1554.4	34.91	99.6	0.00348	0.0001173	0.00409
			1111.8				0.0006224	0.02173
		0.0	870.2				0.0011457	0.04000