Table 2 The specifications of beams and columns of the test specimens.

Cross-sections

150 × 100 mm² (height to width)

200 × 200 mm²

The transverse reinforcement

2-leg Φ4

4-legΦ 4

distance of stirrups

30 mm at both end zones

33 mm at the base of the ground-floor columns and 50 mm everywhere else

The longitudinal rebars

4Φ8

12 Φ8