Authors: M. T. Braz-César, D. V. Oliveira, R. Carneiro de Barros

This article validates numerically the experimental behaviour of a reinforced concrete frame subject to cyclical loads, resorting to a commercial program using finite element analysis. The experimental results were obtained in the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC). In the numerical simulation several constitutive models were used, with different degrees of complexity, based on the concept of local plastification in critical zones (plastic hinges) of the elements that constitute the frame as well as in fiber models.

M. T. Braz-César^{1  |}  D. V. Oliveira^{2  |}  R. Carneiro de Barros³
1Assistente Departamento de Mecânica Aplicada Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
2Prof. Auxiliar ISISE, Departamento de Engenharia Civil Universidade do Minho
3Prof. Associado Departamento de Engenharia Civil Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto