Abstract:
By reason of softening in constitutive relation of concrete, reinforced concrete structures can exhibit softening post-peak behavior which effect stability and the characteristic failure. Therefore, this research presents an analysis method for material nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete frames and develop computer program using fiber model that be governed by material constitutive models directly. Beam-column element is derived by direct method. Load and displacement relation, from displacement control method, in both pre-peak and post-peak regions is considered. Case studies are composed of RC beams and Frames. Load acting on these structures are static monotonic type. Results obtained from case studies yield the accuracy which compared to existing research about 99.4 % for under reinforced cases, and yield about 92.14 % for over reinforcement structures. Besides that, the results show the softening mechanism which is strain localization phenomena. Mesh sensitivity problem, the structural modeling technique accounted for non-uniformities and tendency of sectional behavior to be softened due to high compression are presented.