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Table 2 Negative moment and associated drift values at different instants of the damage progression

From: Investigating the Effect of Bending on the Seismic Performance of Hollow-Core Flooring

Damage snapshot

Description

Experimental results

FE prediction

Moment

Drift

Moment

Drift

kNm

%

kNm

%

A

Topping and top flange crack

47.6

0.25

56.1

0.16

B

Web cracks

40.3

0.50

33.2

0.46

C

Crack starts to propagate horizontally

45.7

0.75

39.4

0.65

D

Horizontal crack fully propagated

44.2

1.00

38.4

0.90