Unless it is integrated with another mechanism that is more effective in resisting shear load, such as shear keys at the dry pack joint (Rizkalla et al. 1989), the connection can only be designed at 1/3 of its ultimate capacity.
In the cyclic plasticity model each component is characterized by the elastic stiffness, the yield capacity, the additional flexibility at initial yield, the ultimate capacity and a shape parameter describing the curvature of the hysteresis curve.
In this work, the resistance of slender I-shaped cross-sections, where local buckling has a predominant role in the ultimate capacity, is investigated at elevated temperatures.
The structural evaluation of the slabs considered crack width and spacing, deflection at the service load level, and ultimate capacity and ductility.
The ultimate capacity of the pile was measured at 5.96 kN at day 7, and reached a steady state and almost constant capacity afterward.
A high-capacity drop weight impact testing machine was constructed at the University of Wollongong, in order to evaluate the ultimate capacity of prestressed concrete sleepers under impact loads.
Furthermore, decreasing the spacing of batten plates at the bottom of the column increases the ultimate capacity of the columns by about 5%%.
