JOINT REINFORCEMENT

➢ The overall integrity of a structure is

dependent on the behavior of the beam-column
joint

➢ Degradation of the joint can result in large

lateral deformations which can cause excessive
damage or even failure

➢ Joint shear is a critical check and will often

govern the size of the moment frame columns

➢ As part of the frame design, it is assumed that

the beams framing into the column will yield
and develop their probable moment strengths at
the column faces

➢ This action determines the demands on the

column and the beam column joint
➢ Development of inelastic rotations at the
faces of joints of reinforced concrete
frames is associated with strains in the
flexural reinforcement well in excess of
the yield strain

➢ Joint shear force generated by the

flexural reinforcement is calculated for a
stress of 1.25fy in the reinforcement

➢ Assuming the beam to have zero axial load,

the flexural compression force in the beam
on one side of the joint is taken equal to
the flexural tension force on the same side
of the joint
➢ Use a free body diagram is made by cutting
through the beam plastic hinges on both
sides of the column and cutting through the
column one-half story height above and
below the joint

➢ In this figure, subscripts A and B refer to

beams A and B on opposite sides of the
joint, and Ve2,Aand Ve1,Bare shears in the
beams at the joint face corresponding to
development of Mprat both ends of the
beam

➢ For a typical story, the column

midheightprovides good approximation to the
point of contraflexure