Behavior Of Tee Shaped Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected To Biaxial Bending And Axial Compression

The investigation deals with the effect of eccentric loading on the moment-curvature relationship of reinforced concrete tee columns. The test program consisted of two series of tee-shaped reinforced concrete columns, loaded biaxially at constant angle from the principle axes. Their end conditions were assumed to be pinned-ended. Loads, at constant rate, were gradually applied until failure. At each loading stage, measurements were made for the strains and deflections at the mid span section. The experimental and theoretical results of the load- deformation and moment-curvature were compared and found that the analytical approach proposed by Hsu is applicable to irregular sections such as tee columns, under small and large eccentricities, but tended to underestimate slightly the axial load and the moment-curvatures at failure.