Shear Resistance Analysis of Rebar
Connector in RC Stocky Wall Panel Using
Lusas 3D Modelling
Noraspalela Abdullah, Mohd Suhelmiey Sobri and Siti Hawa Hamzah
Abstract Reinforced concrete (RC) stocky wall panel is a new innovation to the
construction industry. To-date, studies on the RC stocky wall panel are under
progress. This paper is analyzed shear resistance of rebar connector in RC stocky
wall panels using LUSAS 3D model. Four (4) number of model have been analyzed
using finite element analysis with varies size of rebar connector which is T12, T16,
T20 and T25. These models of RC stocky wall panel was constructed in same
dimension, 125 mm × 1,000 mm × 500 mm (Thickness:Length:Height). This paper
was concerned with a finite element model to determine the maximum deflection of
the RC stocky wall panel in resisting lateral load. These four (4) models are being
analyzed to observe its deflection, stress and strain. The result was illustrated and
discussed in graphs namely stress-strain relationship and also load versus dis-
placement contour. The size of rebar connectors are affected the shear resistance
results in term of lateral deflection, stress and strain. From this study, it can be
concluded that, the larger diameter of rebar size has give the less displacement in
model.
Keywords RC stocky wall panel
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Rebar connector
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Shear resistance
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Deflection
N. Abdullah Á M.S. Sobri (&) Á S.H. Hamzah
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam,
Selangor, Malaysia
e-mail: suhelmiey_sobri@yahoo.com
N. Abdullah
e-mail: noraspalela.abdullah@yahoo.com
S.H. Hamzah
e-mail: shh@salam.uitm.edu.my
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