Nonlinear analysis of containment structure based on modified tendon model

This paper proposes a modified stress-strain relation for bonded internal tendon in containment structures on the basis of the tension stiffening effect and the bond characteristics between a tendon and its surrounding concrete. Differently from general approaches for the consideration of bond-slip, which take the double nodes in defining the displacement field, the proposed model indirectly considers the bond-slip effect through the modification for the stress-strain relation of tendon. Since the proposed tendon model takes into account the bond-slip effect without taking double nodes in the numerical modeling of containment structures, it can effectively be implemented into commercialized programs which have a lot of limitation in considering the bond-slip effect at large complex containment structures. The solution algorithm for an un-bonded internal tendon whose structural response is not section-dependent but member-dependent is also introduced. The different structural responses from those in bonded tendon are evaluated by successive iterations and finally considered by the additional modification for the stress-strain relation of tendon. The validity of the proposed tendon model is verified through correlation studies between analytical and experimental results for PSC beams and 1/4 PCCV containment structures.