Matej Fischinger  Tatjana Isakovic  Peter Kante <br/><br/>
Implementation of a Macro Model to Predict Seismic Response of Rc Structural Walls 

 - 211-226 p. 
<br/><br/> A relatively simple multiple-vertical-line-element macro model has been incorporated into a standard computer code DRAIN-2D. It was used in blind predictions of seismic response of cantilever RC walls subjected to a series of consequent earthquakes on a shaking table. The model was able to predict predominantly flexural response with relative success. It was able to predict the stiffness and the strength of the pre-cracked specimen and time-history response of the highly nonlinear wall as well as to simulate the shift of the neutral axis and corresponding varying axial force in the cantilever wall. However, failing to identify the rupture of some brittle reinforcement in the third test, the model was not able to predict post-critical, near collapse behaviour during the subsequent response to two stronger earthquakes. The analysed macro model seems to be appropriate for global analyses of complex building structures with RC structural walls subjected to moderate/strong earthquakes. However, it cannot, by definition, be used in refined research analyses monitoring local behaviour in the post critical region. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1598-8198 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nonlinear Analysis<br/>Seismic Analysis<br/>Reinforced  Concrete Walls<br/>Macro Model<br/>Benchmark Study