Moment Curvature of Reinforced Concrete beams- An analytical and experimental validation

Performance of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beam sections depend on their ability to undergo large inelastic deformation. Nonlinear analysis methods such as Pushover analysis demands inputs like moment curvature relationships of critical sections. This paper proposes analytical and experimental study of RC rectangular statically determinate beam sections. Beam specimens were tested under flexural loading. Behaviour of concrete and steel were also captured. An experimental study has been validated with various confinement models available in various research papers.