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Table 3 Material constitutive models used in the RC wall model.

From: Numerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Slender Walls Subjected to Coupled Axial Tension–Flexure

Materials

Parameters

Models used in FE analysis

Concrete

Concrete compressive

Pre-peak

Hognestad model (Hognestad, 1951)

Concrete compressive

Post-peak

Kent–Park model (Scott et al., 1982)

Tension stiffening

Modified Bentz model (Wong et al., 2013)

Tension softening

Linear (Wong et al., 2013)

Hysteretic response

Palermo model (Palermo & Vecchio, 2007)

Confinement strength

Kupfer/Richart model (Kupfer et al., 1969)

Cracking criterion

Mohr–Coulomb (stress)

Dilation

Variable-Kupfer (Kupfer et al., 1969)

Crack slid calculate

Vecchio–Lai (cyclic) (Vecchio & Lai, 2004)

Reinforcement

Hysteric response

Seckin (Seckin, 1981)

Dowel action

Tassios model (He & Kwan, 2001)