STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF RC AND RCS FRAME

Composite Reinforced concrete-Steel (RCS) frames which consist of Reinforced Concrete (RC) columns and Steel (S) beams were represented to combine the advantages of pure RC and Steel frames. This system permits the primary steel beam to run continuous through the reinforced concrete column. The main challenge in design of RCS frames was the connection between steel beam and Reinforced concrete column. In this paper RC and RCS frames are designed using relevant codes of design. Behaviour of RC and RCS joints are studied through static analysis that is performed in ANSYS software. It is concluded that the RCS joint experienced less stress and strain as compared to RC joint. Additionally behaviour of G+13 story structure of RC and RCS frames are studied through linear dynamic analysis (Response spectrum). The results show a good improvement on overall behaviour of RCS structure over RC structure.