Moment Curvature Analysis

stress-strain diagramMoment curvature analysis is a method to accurately determine the load-deformation behavior of a reinforced concrete section using nonlinear material stress-strain relationships.

Reference Documents:

  1. Books

  1. Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges, Priestley, Seible & Calvi, John Wiley & Sons

  1. Papers

  1. "Material Modeling in Section and Column Analysis", Seyed & Lee, Caltrans.
  2. "Theoretical Stress-Strain Model for Confined Concrete, Mander, Priestley & Park,  J. Struct. Eng., ASCE, 1988, 114(8), p. 1804-1849.

  1. Presentations

    1. Moment Curvature

Software:

  1. XTRACT
  2. Response-2000