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

Table 9

User-defined plastic hinge properties of Pier #2 widened 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			1958.51	23.57	150.6	0.00355	0.0011781	0.02776
			1661.35				0.0020899	0.04925
		0.0	1271.37				0.0020899	0.04925
L			1958.51	35.95	150.6	0.00541	0.0011781	0.04235
			1493.15				0.0020899	0.07513
		0.0	1271.37				0.0020899	0.07513