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Table 4 Failure criterion and damage index (Kim et al. 2007).

From: Comparison of Totally Prefabricated Bridge Substructure Designed According to Korea Highway Bridge Design (KHBD) and AASHTO-LRFD

Material

Type of failure

Failure criterion ( ε cu or ε tu )

Damage index ( DI compressive or DI tensile )

Concrete

Compressive and shear

0.004 + 1.4 ρ s f yh ε sm f cc

1 ftg c ( 2 ε cu ε cs 2 ε cu ) 2

Steel

Tensile

0.10

1.20 ( ε ts 2 ftg r ε tu ) 0.67

  1. ρ s transverse confining steel ratio, f yh yield stress of the confining steel, ε sm steel strain at maximum tensile stress, f cc confined concrete compressive strength, ftg c fatigue parameter for concrete, ftg r fatigue parameter for reinforcing bars, ε cs compressive strain in analysis step, ε ts tensile strain in analysis step, ε cu ultimate strain of concrete, ε tu ultimate strain of reinforcing bars