COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NON-LINEAR SIMULATIONS OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE SLENDER COLUMN USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND P-DELTA

This paper analyzes the non-linear geometric behavior of reinforced concrete slender columns. This approach is due to the fact that there is a tendency to reinforced concrete slender constructions, which may have significant second order effects. This research aimed at comparing different formulations for the analysis of non-linear behavior of reinforced concrete slender columns by comparing results from simulated problem (slender column with ten load scenarios) between the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Iterative Process P-DELTA(P-Δ). Numeric results revealed that the Iterative Process P-Δ presented different results from FEM and that the second order effects are significant for reinforced concrete slender column problems.