Performance of Pier-to-Pier Cap Connections of Integral Bridges under Thermal and Seismic Loads

Table 5

Material Properties defined in the model.

Material model no.	Element type	Material properties
1	Solid65	Linear-elastic-isotropic
		Young’s modulus	3.0414 × 10^11 N/m^2
		Poisson ratio	0.15
		Nonlinear- inelastic- von Mises criteria- concrete
		Shear transfer coefficient for open crack	0.2
		Shear transfer coefficient for closed crack	0.9
		Uniaxial tensile cracking stress	3.71 × 10^6 N/m^2
		Uniaxial crushing stress	3.5 × 10^7 N/m^2
2	BEAM188	Linear isotropic
		Young’s modulus	2.1 × 10^11 N/m^2
		Poisson’s ratio	0.3
		Bilinear kinematic
		Yield stress	4.1 × 10^8 N/m^2
		Tangent modulus	847 × 10^6 N/m^2