Table 1 Expressions for the calculation of plastic hinge length (l p ).
Authors | Year | l p |
|---|---|---|
Priestley and Park (1987) | 1987 | lp = 0.08L + 6d b (13) |
Paulay and Priestley (1992) | 1992 | lp = 0.08L + 0.022f y d b (14) |
Panagiotakos and Fardis (2001) | 2001 | lp = 0.12L + 0.014.a s1 .f y .d b (15) |
Berry et al. (2008) | 2008 | lp = 0.05L + \( 0.1\frac{{f_{y} d_{b} }}{{\sqrt {f_{c}^{{\prime }} } }} \) (16) |