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

Table 8

Plastic curvature capacity of Pier #2 widened columns, Bridge #1-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	0.0011781		0.0055760	0.0020899	NA
		T	0.0025015	NA	0.0040056	0.0020899	NA
		L	0.0035630	NA	0.0037024	0.0020899	NA
	0.0	T & L	0.0068851	NA	0.0033970	0.0020899	NA

and ; .