Research Article
Resilient Performance of Self-Centering Hybrid Rocking Columns: Theory, Experiment, and Numerical Simulation
Table 5
The test case design and loading scheme.
| Case number (type) | The initial tension of prestressed tendons (kN) | Prestressed tendon diameter (mm) | Axial compression ratio | RED thickness (mm) | Loading scheme |
| Specimen 1 (RED-HRC) (Z1-0.1-0.4-10) | 90 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 10 | Force-control for 1 cycle of the first loading step. Displacement-control for 2 cycles for other loading steps. | Specimen 2 (RED-HRC) (Z2-0.1-0.5-10) | 110 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 10 | Specimen 3 (RED-HRC) (Z3-0.1-0.4(12.7)-10) | 90 | 12.7 | 0.1 | 10 | Specimen 4 (RED-HRC) (Z4-0.3-0.4-10) | 90 | 15.2 | 0.3 | 10 | Specimen 5 (RED-HRC) (Z5-0.1-0.4-6) | 90 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 6 | Specimen 6 (RED-HRC) (Z6-0.1-0.4-14) | 90 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 14 | Specimen 7 (RED-ORC) (Z7-0.1-/-10) | ā | ā | 0.1 | 10 |
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