Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Structures

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e Peter (1964) .
l| = 0.005. x = 0
0 10 20 30 40
a [degrees]
Fig. 5.1-3: Experimental and predicted horizontal displacement
6 for fixed force = 350 kN.
20 30
a [degrees]
Fig. 5.2-4: Experimental and predicted vertical displacements
6
for fixed force = 350 kN.
0.10 and 0.25 result in vertical displacements that are quite
independent of the angle a. In addition, as plastic deformations
of reinforcement bars are treaced here independently of the shear
stresses, in principle when K > 0 the panels have an infinitely