Development of CSMM-Based Shell Element for Reinforced Concrete Structures

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dc.contributor.advisorMo, Yi-Lung
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHsu, Thomas T. C.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBallarini, Roberto
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMansour, Mohamad
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLaskar, Arghadeep
dc.creatorLuu, Hieu Cong
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6438-5283
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-10T18:50:44Z
dc.date.available2018-07-10T18:50:44Z
dc.date.createdMay 2016
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2018-07-10T18:50:44Z
dc.description.abstractReinforced concrete (RC) shell structures have been widely used in a variety of modern engineering applications. It is found from the earthquake reconnaissance that the RC shell structures, such as nuclear containments, cooling towers, roof domes, shear walls, are the key elements to resist earthquake disturbances. This research presents the development of a finite element analysis (FEA) program to predict the inelastic behavior of RC shell structures. In the program, a new shell element, so-called CSMM-based shell element, was developed based on the formulation of the degenerated shell theory with layered approach and taking into account the Cyclic Softened Membrane Model developed at the University of Houston. An analysis procedure was developed to perform nonlinear analyses of RC shell structures using the developed CSMM-based shell element. To develop the FEA program, the developed shell element and the proposed analysis procedure were implemented into a finite element program development framework, OpenSees, which was developed at University of California, Berkeley. Several large-scale structural tests were used to validate the developed FEA program, including panels subjected to pure shear or combination of shear and bending, a three-dimensional (3D) RC shear wall, a cylindrical RC tank, and circular and rectangular RC hollow bridge columns. More importantly, the versatile application of the developed finite element analysis program SCS-3D was further investigated by the modeling of two 1/13-scaled nuclear containment vessel specimens and a two-story unsymmetrical RC building subjected to reserved cyclic loadings. Both test programs were undertaken as part of an international collaboration projects between the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) in Taipei, Taiwan, and the University of Houston (UH), Houston, Texas. The experimental work was performed at NCREE, and the specimen design and study of the experimental results were performed at UH.
dc.description.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/3199
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectReinforced concrete
dc.subjectShell structure
dc.subjectEarthquake
dc.subjectFinite element
dc.subjectNuclear containment vessel
dc.titleDevelopment of CSMM-Based Shell Element for Reinforced Concrete Structures
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCullen College of Engineering
thesis.degree.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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