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Advances in Concrete Construction
  Volume 5, Number 3, June 2017 , pages 257-270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2017.5.3.257
 


RCC frames with ferrocement and fiber reinforced concrete infill panels under reverse cyclic loading
N. Ganesan, P. V. Indira and P. Irshad

 
Abstract
    An experimental investigation was carried out to study the strength and behavior of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) frames with ferrocement and fiber reinforced concrete infill panel. Seven numbers of 1/4th scaled down model of one bay-three storey frames were tested under reverse cyclic loading. Ferrocement infilled frames and fiber reinforced concrete infilled frames with varying volume fraction of reinforcement in infill panels viz; 0.20%, 0.30%, and 0.40% were tested and compared with the bare frame. The experimental results indicate that the strength, stiffness and energy dissipation capacity of infilled frames were considerably improved when compared with the bare frame. In the case of infilled frames with equal volume fraction of reinforcement in infill panels, the strength and stiffness of frames with fiber reinforced concrete infill panels were slightly higher than those with ferrocement infill panels. Increase in volume fraction of reinforcement in the infill panels exhibited only marginal improvement in the strength and behavior of the infilled frames.
 
Key Words
    ferrocement; fiber reinforced concrete; infill panel; reinforced concrete frame; cyclic loading
 
Address
N. Ganesan, P. V. Indira and P. Irshad: Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
 
References
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