When a Caltrans circular section is defined using the Section Designer, a variety of confinement options are available, including casings and hoop or spiral transverse reinforcement. These options are described as follows:
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Confinement options
Confinement for reinforced-concrete sections may be modeled using any of the options which follow:
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- Casing with transverse reinforcement – If multiple regions of confinement are to be modeled, the appropriate material behavior must be determined, then manually defined and applied using the Mander(C) option.
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