PERFORMANCE OF COUPLING BEAMS WITH OPENINGS EXPOSED TO CYCLIC LOADING | ||||
| Engineering Research Journal | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 168, Issue 0, December 2020, Page 191-210 PDF (692.3 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/erj.2020.140846 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Abd El-Azim Sayed* 1; Hesham A. Haggag2; Wael M. Hassan3 | ||||
| 1Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, | ||||
| 3Associate Professor, Structural Engineering, Housing and Building National Research Center, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The performance of coupling beams under cyclic loadings is evaluated when they have openings with different configuration. The study is performed through experimental examination on four reduced scale coupling beams. The testing is done in the Concrete Laboratory at the Housing and Building National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. Square openings are constructed on three specimens with different configurations whereas the fourth specimen kept without openings for the comparison matter. Two openings are fabricated at top and bottom of the diagonal bars in one beam specimen. Another specimen contains two openings at left and right of the diagonal bars. The last specimen has four square openings placed at top-bottom and left-right of the diagonal bars of the coupling beam. The yield and ultimate tensile strength of the reinforcement steel bars are 510 and 720 MPa, respectively with elastic modulus of 200 GPa. The concrete characteristic strength is 38 MPa. All specimens were tested under laterally cyclic loading to simulate the subjected loads on coupled shear walls. A special complicated setup is utilized for that issue. The results are recorded during testing and at the end of each cycle. The forcedeformation relationships are recorded and their corresponding hysteresis loops are plotted. The cracks patterns are also marked and recorded. From the obtained results, one may observe that, in case of using two openings located at right and left (near the shear walls), the stiffness of the coupling beam is slightly decreased. The coupling beams stiffness is decreased by ~8.5% for the other pattern of two openings and by ~13.5% in case of using four openings. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Coupling beam; Shear behavior; Openings; Cyclic loading | ||||
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