Abstract:
In this study, a simple formula as a securer, quicker and more robust is proposed to determine the effective flexural stiffness of cracked sections of circular RC columns. This formula is generated by genetic programming (GP). The generalization capabilities of the explicit formulations are compared by cross sectional analysis results and confirmed on a 3-D building model. Moreover the results from GP based formulation are compared with EC-8 and TEC-2007. It is demonstrated that the GP based model is highly successful to determine the effective flexural stiffness of circular RC columns. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.