1. 1) Japanese Society of Civil Engineers: Standard Specification for Design and Construction of Concrete Structures, 1996.
2. 2) Muguruma, H. and Watanabe, F.: Strength evaluation of RC column failing in shear, Proceeding of JCI, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 541-544, 1985 (In Japanese).
3. 3) An, X.: Failure analysis and evaluation of seismic performance for reinforced concrete in shear, Doctoral Thesis, The University of Tokyo, 1996.
4. 4) Mander, J. B., Kim, J. H. and Dutta, A.: Shear-flexure interaction Seismic Analysis and Design, Special Publication of JCI (JCI-C50E), Vol. 1, pp. 173-188, 1999.
5. 5) Dhakal, R. P. and Maekawa, K.: Perfonnance evaluation and comparative study of RC piers designed by different seismic design codes, Comparative Performances of Seismic Design Codes for Concrete Structures (JSCE), Vol. 2, Elsevier, 1999.