Objective
The research intends to deal with the following objectives: to optimise the ductility and strength requirements for reinforcing steel in presence of welded joints in order to meet the most critical working conditions of the plastic hinge in reinforced concrete structures subjected to severe seismic loading and to define metallurgical factors in order to assure the required levels of strength ductility and weldability for the industrial production. The expected technical results can be summarised as follows: technical findings and suggestions in order to increase the minimum values of ductility parameters of the actual production; technical guide lines in order to obtain welded joints in the plastic hinge zone which ensure the required strength and ductility and an analytical description of the reinforcing steel bar behaviour inside the plastic hinge capable of predicting possible failures.
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20133 MILANO
Italy