Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Stress-Strain Relationships of GFRP and Lateral Ties Confined Polyolefin Fibre Reinforced Concrete under Monotonic Axial Compression

Abstract:

In this investigation, the combined confinement effect of spacing of lateral ties, volume fraction of polyolefin fibres and fibre reinforced polymer(FRP) wraps was studied both experimentally and analytically from the point of deformability characteristics of concrete for seismic resistance. Low modulus synthetic fibers such as polyolefin based fibers, it is shown that polyolefin fibers with sufficient tensile strength can successfully enhance the mechanical properties of concrete. The mechanism of delaying and arresting the progressive internal cracking by the fibres can be made use in passive confinement of concrete. In this study the confinement effectiveness of GFRP wraps of single and double layer and polyolefin fibres of volume fractions 0.7% and 0.9% in addition to lateral ties of spacing 145mm and 75mm on concrete prisms of size 150 ×150 ×300 mm were investigated. Such concrete is termed as FRP confined fiber reinforced concrete(FRPCFRC).This paper presents an analytical model(profile) for predicting the constitutive behaviour of FRPCFRC based on the experimental and analytical results. A total of thirty nine prisms of size 150 ×150 ×300 mm were cast and tested under strain control rate of loading. The results of the testing demonstrate the behavioral differences between FRP confined concrete and FRP confined FRC and the ability of the synthetic macro fiber to be used as secondary reinforcement in performance based seismic resistance applications.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 253-255)
• Pages: 466-473
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.253-255.466
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: S. Palanivel, M. Sekar
• Keywords: Confined Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Constitutive Behaviour, GFRP Confined Concrete, Polyolefin Fibre Concrete, Stress-Strain Relationship

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