Table 5 Equivalent plastic hinge length (lp) for RC walls.
From: Numerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Slender Walls Subjected to Coupled Axial Tension–Flexure
ASCE/SEI 41-13 (2014) | 0.5lw | (3) |
Thomsen and Wallace (2004) | 0.33 lw | (4) |
Paulay and Priestley (1992) | 0.2 lw + 0.07 (M/V) | (5) |
Kazaz (2013) | 0.143 lw + 0.072 (M/V) | (6) |
Priestley et al. (2007) | kHw + 0.1lw + lsp lsp = 0.022fyedb; k = 0.2(fu/fy-1) ≤ 0.08; fye = 1.1fy; db denotes the diameter of the longitudinal rebars | (7) |