{"id":406752,"date":"2025-01-23T09:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/softening-issues-in-reinforced-concrete\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:26:01","slug":"softening-issues-in-reinforced-concrete","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/softening-issues-in-reinforced-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Softening Issues in Reinforced Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Good morning everyone,&lt;br&gt;I am working on a beam-column joint in reinforced concrete using ANSYS with a nonlinear concrete model. I am following the example provided in the ANSYS manual, &#8220;Chapter 54: Reinforced Concrete Joint Analysis,&#8221; where a force-displacement graph is shown, highlighting both the <em>hardening<\/em> and <em>softening<\/em> phases.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My goal is to achieve a similar result for my specimen. However, I am unable to reproduce the <em>softening<\/em> phase, even though I have used the same settings as described in the example.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone provide some advice? I&rsquo;m attaching my results: the blue curve represents the experimental data.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much in advance!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/23-01-2025-1737624213-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-406752","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good morning everyone,I am working on a beam-column joint in reinforced concrete using ANSYS with a nonlinear concrete model. 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