Studies on size effect around deformation performance of RC members are carried out relatively fewer at present. This article evaluated bending deformation capacity and size effect characteristics of RC cantilever beams by means of test method. And decomposed various deformation components with size effect factors considered, including bending, shear and bar-slip deformation and so on. The article focus on discussing bending deformation components at different loading stage and putting forward corresponding distribution functions. Calculation and experimental results show that bending deformation characteristics have significant differences on specimen dimensions, especially in nonlinear loading stage after longitudinal reinforcement yielding. Large size members have a significant concrete crushing process. ductility reserves show a growing trend with specimens size increasing. Bending deformation ability depends on average stiffness along overall beam before longitudinal reinforcement yielding. After plastic hinge forming, its bending performance will be decided by average stiffness within hinge region equivalent length.
Test method of distribution functions of the semi-markovian system dwell times in states