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Finite element analysis on the seismic behavior of side joint of Prefabricated Cage System in prefabricated concrete frame

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The Prefabricated Cage System (PCS) has the advantages of high bearing capacity and good ductility. Meanwhile, it is convenient for factory production and it is beneficial to the cost savings, construction period shortening. Side joint is the weak region of PCS concrete frame and has great influence on seismic behavior of the whole structure. Thus systematically study on the seismic behavior of PCS concrete side joint is necessary. This paper presents a finite element study on behavior of the side joint under seismic loading. In the finite element model, PCS concrete and the reinforced concrete (RC) is modeled by the solid element and fiber-beam element, respectively. The numerical results is compared with the experimental results and it is found that the results of model based on fiber-beam element is in better agreement with the experimental results than solid element model. In addition, the overall seismic behavior of the side joints in PCS concrete is better than that of the RC with the same strength.

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The authors appreciate the financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFC0701802, 2016YFC0701507) and Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. 1908085ME144). In addition, thanks to Prof. Halil Sezen of Ohio State University for responding to the email and related experimental data.

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Liu, Y., Zhu, S. Finite element analysis on the seismic behavior of side joint of Prefabricated Cage System in prefabricated concrete frame. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 13, 1095–1104 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-019-0538-2

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