The multi-scale thermo-hygral modeling is applied to full-scale RC structural systems under combined long-term ambient and short seismic actions, and experimentally verified in reference to a shaking table test of the real scale RC building. Here, the effect of drying…
The multi-scale thermo-hygral modeling is applied to full-scale RC structural systems under combined long-term ambient and short seismic actions, and experimentally verified in reference to a shaking table test of the real scale RC building. Here, the effect of drying shrinkage on seismic responses of framed buildings is numerically investigated and the coupling with steel bar corrosion is discussed as a complex durability problem. It is concluded that the drying effect of structural concrete has the substantial impact on shear capacity of RC members and the story drift of buildings when thin shear walls play a major role of the seismic resistance, and that the deformational mode may vary according to the corrosion of reinforcement as well.