… structural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) … openings and adequately reinforced chord
members reported failures in form of four plastic hinges developing at the opening corners…

… since results of this study clearly indicated that yielding of bars, and cracking of concrete
around opening corners are highly influential in changing the in-plane behavior of slabs. This is …

… were detailed to replicate solid walls with sawn cutouts, ie, no additional reinforcement was
placed around the edges or corners of the openings. When scaling the specimens it would …

… infill panels with window openings subjected to experimental … precast concrete panels with
window openings can … s bottom right corner towards the infill bottom right compression corner. …

… The significance of this investigation is that tests on reinforced concrete frame corners
subjected to an opening bending moment have shown that the Load Carrying Capacity of a …

… However, such provisions are not provided for infilled frames with openings. The … concrete
(RC) infilled frame to calculate its initial lateral stiffness when a central window opening is …

… with eccentric openings on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) frames that
were … These cracks initiated in the form of inclined cracks in the top compression corners with …

… This was because of the more gradual stress-strain relation obtained for the concrete
softening when dividing the ultimate crack opening by element length instead of the mean crack …

… Due to abrupt changes in the sectional configuration, opening corners are subject to high
stress concentration that may lead to cracking unacceptable from aesthetic and durability …

… reinforced-concrete frames infilled with masonry with openings. The frames were designed
… Additional corner crushing at the opening's corners occurred. In specimens with ties (Group …