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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 30, Number 5, March10 2019 , pages 417-432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2019.30.5.417
 


Behavior study of NC and HSC RCCs confined by GRP casing and CFRP wrapping
Fathollah Sajedi and Mahdi Shariati

 
Abstract
    This paper presents the results of axial compression testing and numerical modeling on reinforced concrete columns (RCC) with normal concrete (NC) and high-strength concrete (HSC), RCC confined by glass-fiber reinforced plastic pipes (GRP) casing as well as carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), The major parameters evaluated in the experiments were the effects of concrete type, GRP casing and CFRP wrapping, as well as the number of CFRP layers. 12 cylindrical RCC (150×600 mm) were prepared and divided into two groups, NC and HSC. Each group was divided into two parts; with and without GRP casing. In each part, one column was without CFRP strengthening layer, a column was wrapped with one CFRP layer and another column with two CFRP layers. All columns were tested under concentrated compression load. Numerical modeling was performed using ABAQUS software and the results of which were compared with experimental findings. A good agreement was found between the results. Results indicated that the utilization of CFRP wrapping and GRP casing improved compression capacity and ductility of RCC. The addition of one and two layer-FRP wrapping increased capacity in the NC group to an average of 18.5% and 26.5% and in the HSC group to an average of 10.2% and 24.8%. Meanwhile, the utilization of GRP casing increased the capacity of the columns by 3 times in the NC group and 2.38 times in the HSC group. The results indicated that although both CFRP wrapping and GRP casing increased confinement, the GRP casing gave more increase capacity and ductility of the RCC due to higher confinement. Furthermore, the confinement effect was higher on NC group.
 
Key Words
    Reinforced Concrete Columns (RCC); GRP casing; CFRP wrapping; High Strength Concrete (HSC); axial force; ductility; numerical modeling
 
Address
(1) Fathollah Sajedi:
Department of Civil Engineering, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran;
(2) Mahdi Shariati:
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
 

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