An Experimental Investigation on Earthquake-Resistant Behavior of the Beam End of Reinforced Concrete Framed Buildings under Low Repeated and Reversed Loading (1)

This paper presents the experiment results of 9 reinforced concrete specimens which form a set out of the whole 24 specimens. All these 9 specimens were tested under low repeated and reversed loading to investigate the effect of the beam end top steel ratio μ_s and various bottom versus top steel ratio(μ_x)/(μ_s) on the earthquake resistant behavior of the beam end.