Behaviour of Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections using Steel Plate

摘要

This paper discusses the behavior of a proposed precast concrete beam-to-column connection using steel plate. The objective of the research was to develop a rigid precast concrete beam-to-column connection that can perform similarly to the monolithic connection. The experimental study comprised 3 precast concrete beam-to-column connections developed using steel plates with different parameters of corbel length and one monolithic connection as the control specimen. The behavior of the connection was investigated through the connection moment-rotation responses. The result indicates that the proposed connection closely resembles the monolithic reinforced connection. The greater the length of corbel the closer is the precast connection resembles the monolithic connection. The steel plate joint located at a corbel length of 300 mm performed closely to the monolithic connection.