This paper presents the finite element (FE) response sensitivity and reliability analyses considering smooth constitutive material models. A reinforced concrete (RC) frame is modeled for FE sensitivity analysis followed by direct differentiation method (DDM) under both static and dynamic load cases. Later, the reliability analysis is performed to predict the seismic behavior of the frame. Displacement sensitivity discontinuities are observed along the pseudo-time axis using non-smooth reinforced steel model under quasi-static loading. However, the smooth steel material shows continuity in response sensitivity at elastic to plastic transition points. The normalized sensitivity results are also used to measure the relative importance of the material parameters on the structural responses. In FE reliability analysis, the influence of smoothness behavior of reinforced steel is carefully noticed. Cumulative distribution function (CDF) curves have shown minor change of failure probabilities due to the smoothness effect.

• Dookie Kim(Associate Professor, Kunsan National University) | 김두기
• Md Iftekharul Alam(Graduate Student, Kunsan National University) | 이프테칼 알람
• Sung-Gook Cho(Technical Director, JACE Korea Company) | 조성국