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Non-Linear Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Frames Is Stud- Ied up to Peak Load and Into the Post-Peak Range }T O }{-LNBAR BEHAVIOI]R OF REINIFORCED COI\tCRtrTtr FRAMES BY KOON WAN WONG B.E. (Melb.), M.Eng.Sc. (Melb.)' M.I.E.Aust. ti' t1 ti 61 r r,-lr/',ë r .i. c \ '\ A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Civil Engineering University of Adelaide Australia August 1989 CEFÈFI I G¡E]\IDÊ¡ Ph D Thesig K hl Wong, Feb 22, 1990 Page 2 "under static loading" to read "under proportional etatic loading" in line 7. Page 3 tthe6 been in" to read t'hes been observed in" in Sth lagt line. Page 15 t'mid-gection" to read "centroid" in line 6. Page 18 "sophisticated" to read "complex" in line l. "obtained" to read "obtain" in lines 1lr15r17. Page 32 "iterate" to read "iteration" in line 13' Page 34 Delete the entíre eentence beginnlng with "The progråm wa6 modified .. 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Page 66 "deformed" to read "deformEt' ín line 9. Page 67 ttcrot6Ë" to read t'crosB" in the gecond line of the first box ín Figur€ 3.5. Page 68 "reinforce" to read "reinforcedtt in line 12. Page 70 "plasticfication" to read "plastification" in line 3. Page 76 r'Herr to read ttThey" in line 2. "arbitrary" to read "arbitrarily" in line 3. "earlier" to read "had earlier" in line 7. Page 79 "referg" to read t'refer" in line 2. Page BI "deformation" to read "the deformation" in line 13. Page B3 "increases or decreeges" to read "increese or decrease" in line 3. Page 87 "partially" to read "e partially" in line 18. Page 92 rrHe'r to read "Theytt fn line 18. "governl to read "governs" ín the last line. Page 93 "described" to read "degcribeg" in line 6. "reinforced" to read "å reinforced'in line 21. Page 94 "solution" to read "a solution" in line 5. "support" to read "interfor support" in 6th last I ine. "åmount" to read "eanountg" in the lagt line. Page 95 "the strength of concrete" to read "dÍfferent concrete strengths" in line L. "exist" to read [existg" in line 10. Page 96 "loed" to read "e load" in line 7. Page 97 "limits" to read "limited" in 7th laEt line. "required" to read "requiring" in 4th last line. "concernst' to read "concerned" in 2nd lagt line. "ignore" to read "ígnoring" in last line. Page 98 "lÍteratures" to read t'literature" in line 4. "in this chapterr¡ to read "by the author and reported in this chapter" in line 4. "reinforced" to read " e reinforced" Ln line 6. Page 99 "individuål" to read "by individual" Ín line 7. Page 1O2 After the sentence ending with "curvature" íneert the following sentenceg¡ "The "key" segment is chogen by trial end error. It is likely to be one of the more highly stressed Eegments. " in line 9. Page 103 r'giveB" to read "give the" in line 13. Page 105 "This out-of-balance forces iE" to read'rThese out-of-balance forces ere" fn line 14. 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Page 2O9 "column" to read "columns" ín line 7. Page 212 "gteels" to read "steel" in line 1. "symmetrically" to read "e symmetrically" in line 15. "correepond" to read "corresponde" in line 16. " constructability" to read 'r constructibility,, in line 20. Page 213 "iB given" to be deleted in llne tB. Page 214 "higher" to read "e higher" in line 4. Page 217 "plastic col lapse" to read "a plastic col lapse,, in line 12. IEwåy mechanism" to read tta Ebray mechanígm', ín line 17. Page 222 "reaching peak strengths" to read'.reåch their peak strengths". Page 226 "continue" to read t'continued" in line 2. Page 229 "continue" to read "continued'r in line 2. Page 234 "obtained" to read "obtained from" in line 15. Page 236 "Ioad" to read rf loedË" in Bth last line. Page 244 Údepends" to read "depend" in line 1. Page 245 "correspondr" to read "which corresponds" in line 7. Page 246 rrhaÉ¡r to read "have" in 3rd last line. Page 259 "to the samer'to read "to be the Ëeme" in line 3. 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Page 346 'rCombined end" to read "Combined Bending and" in Ref.95. Page 349 "Prang" to read t'Pfrang" in Ref . 122. Page 352 "Chracteristic" to read "Characterietic" in Ref.
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