Evaluation of Flexural Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Irregular Walls Based on Existing Experimental Data

기존 실험데이터를 통한 철근콘크리트 이형벽체의 휨내력식 평가

The primary objective of this study is to develop the new equation that can predict the flexural strength of irregular walls by applying the concept of the effective width which is used in current codes. Results obtained from this data analysis are as follows : 1. It is conservative to use PCI provision and ACI code as the effective width for evaluating the flexural capacity of irregular walls 2. The result of this study shows that the Paulay & Priestley's proposition is available for more exactly and safely predicting flexural capacity of irregular walls throughout a reduction factor.