Abstract
A comparison of predicted and experimental behavior of three indeterminate R/C frames tested under inelastic cyclic deformation is presented. Applied shear forces and deflection at the tips of the middle columns are used to verify testing equipment calibration as well as to illustrate the accuracy of certain analytical models before adapting any results. The calculated shear forces and deflections for all tested frames were considered satisfactory in spite of small variation from the experimental results. Slippage of beams and columns longitudinal bars through the joints, and the variation in the location of the strain gages at the joint faces during assembly of the reinforcement steel were considered the major contributing factors for such differences.