Research Assistants:       B. Lee (M.A.Sc)
                                     G. Ozcebe (Ph.D)
                                     S. R. Razvi (M.A.Sc, Ph.D, PDF)
                                     A. Salamat (M.A.Sc)
                                     R. Abdulkadir (M.A.Sc)
                                     M. Grira (Ph.D).

Experimental and analytical research has been carried out to investigate the confinement steel requirements for earthquake resistant reinforced concrete columns. Large scale columns were tested under combined axial compression and lateral load reversals. The effects of confinement parameters  were investigated experimentally and analytically. An analytical model was developed for confined concrete. The model was incorporated into a computer software for prediction of inelastic force-displacement relationships of reinforced concrete columns. A displacement based design procedure was developed for column confinement. Confinement of high-strength concrete columns, as well as confinement by welded reinforcement grids, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) grids, and double headed studs have been investigated.

RAZVI, S. R. and SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Analysis and Design of Concrete Columns for Confinement," Earthquake Spectra, the Journal of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Berkely, California, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 791-811, 1999.

SAATCIOGLU, M. and GRIRA, M.
"Confinement of R/C Columns with Welded Reinforcement Grids," ACI  Structural Journal, Vol. 96, No. 1, 1999.

CHOI, C. S. and SAATCIOGLU, M.
"An Experimental Study on the Structural Behavior of Concrete Columns Confined with Welded Reinforcement Grids,"  Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp.187-196, 1999.

CHOI, C. S., SAATCIOGLU, M. and GRIRA, M.
"Analytical Approach on the Concrete Columns with Welded Reinforcement Grids," Journal of the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance Inspection, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.137-146, 1999.

GRIRA, M. and SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Reinforced Concrete Columns Confined with Steel and FRP Grids," Proceedings of the 8th Canadian Conf. on E.Q. Engineering, June 1999.

RAZVI, S. R. and SAATCIOGLU,  M.
"Discussion of Stress-Strain Model for Confined Reinforced Concrete in Bridge Piers," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 10, 1998, pp. 1227-1228.

SAATCIOGLU, M., GRIRA, M. and CHOI, C. S.
"Seismic Behavior of R/C Colums Confined with Welded Reinforcement Grids," Proceedings of the Sixth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 961-966, January 14-16, 1998.

SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Design of Seismic Resistant Concrete Columns for Confinement," Proceedings of the ASCE 1996 Structures Congress.

SAATCIOGLU, M., SALAMAT, A. H. and RAZVI, S. R.
"Confined Columns under Eccentric Loading," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol.121, No.11, November 1995, 1547-1556.

SHEIKH, S. A. and SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Design of Lateral Steel in Columns," Proceedings of ASCE Structures Congress '94, Progress in Reinforced Concrete  Column Design, Atlanta, 1994, Vol.1, 432-437.

SAATCIOGLU, M. and RAZVI. S.
"Strength and Ductility of Confined Concrete," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 118, No.6, 1992, pp. 590-1607.

SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Deformability of Reinforced Concrete Columns," ACI-SP 127.10, American Concrete Institute, 1991, pp.421-452.

RAZVI, S.R. and SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Confinement of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Welded Wire Fabric," ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol.86, No.5, 1989, pp.615-623.

SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Discussion of Proposed Revisions to Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete," ACI Structural Journal, Vol.86, No.3, 1989, pp.345-347.

OZCEBE, G., SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Hysteretic Shear Model for Reinforced Concrete Members," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol.115, No.1, January, 1989, pp.132 - 148.

SAATCIOGLU, M., OZCEBE,G.
"Response of Reinforced Concrete Columns to Simulated Seismic Loading," ACI Structural Journal, Vol.86, No.1, Jan.- Feb.,1989, pp.3 - 12.

SAATCIOGLU, M., WOOD, S.L., FRENCH, C.W.
"Deformability of Reinforced Concrete Members," Proceedings of ASCE Structural Congress'89, Seismic Engineering  Research and Practice, May,1989, San Francisco, U.S.A., pp. 847 - 856.

OZCEBE, G., SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Confinement of Concrete Columns for Seismic Loading," ACI Structural Journal, Vol.84, No.4, 1987, pp. 308 - 315.

OZCEBE, G., SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Bi-directional Load Cycles," Proceedings of the Eight European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 1986, Vol. 4, Sec. 7.4, pp.41-48.

SAATCIOGLU, M.
"Tests of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Uniaxial and Biaxial Load Reversals," Proceedings of the Eight World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, U.S.A, 1984, Vol.6, pp.585-592.