Seismic behavior of assembled monolithic beam-column exterior joints with beam longitudinal rebars anchored by heads

To study the seismic behavior of assembled monolithic beam-column joints, quasi-static tests of one precast exterior joint PEJ1 with the shear failure of joint core area and one precast exterior joint PEJ2 with the flexural failure of beam fixed end were carried out. For the specimen PEJ1, core area hoops yield first and the core concrete fails in shear mode obviously. For the specimen PEJ2, concrete of beam fixed end crushes and beam longitudinal rebars yield while core area hoops don't yield. The two specimens both fail in the expected failure modes. The hysteretic loops of the two specimens have a certain extent of pinch while the specimen PEJ1 shows a slightly larger extent of pinch. The skeleton curve of the specimen PEJ1 declines rapidly after peak load. The measured load-carrying capacity of the precast joints, which fail in shear mode in the joint core area and flexural mode at the beam fixed end, respectively are 1.30, 1.26 times as large as the calculated capacity according to the formulas in the current design code. The equivalent ultimate drift ratios of the two specimens are 1/28 and 1/22. The specimen PEJ1 is dominated by deformation of the beam at the peak point and shear deformation of the core area at the ultimate point. The specimen PEJ2 is dominated by deformation of the beam during the whole experiment while the contribution of shear deformation of the core area is less than 5%. The anchor failure of the beam longitudinal rebars does not occur. In the precast exterior joints with different failure modes, utilizing heads to anchor beam longitudinal rebars is feasible. © 2016, Editorial Board of Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology. All right reserved.