Impact response of reinforced concrete beam and its analytical evaluation

• Main Authors: Fujikake, Kazunori, Li, Bing, Soeun, Sam
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79471; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the impact responses of reinforced concrete RC beams through an experimental study and presents an analytical model developed to predict the maximum midspan deflection and maximum impact load, which aids as an important performance index to evaluate the damage lev...