Seismic behavior of low-corroded reinforced concrete short columns in an over 20-year building structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 90-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gao Ma ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Hyeon-Jong Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Building Structure ◽  
Short Columns

Pseudo-Dynamic and Quasi-Static Testing of an Irregular Steel Concrete Composite Frame with Wing Walls

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongtao Bai ◽  
Guoliang Bai
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Moment Frame ◽  
Static Tests ◽  
Panel Zone ◽  
Short Columns ◽  
Wing Walls

This paper presents a series of pseudo-dynamic tests (PDTs) and quasi-static tests (QSTs) on a dual wing-walled frame system, represented here by a 1/7-scaled composite moment frame with steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns and reinforced concrete (RC) wing walls. Special characteristics of this scaled system are irregular story layout, strong-beam weak-column mechanism and large axial load. A series of scaled El-Centro (NS) waves were used as the input ground motion for the PDTs, the results of which showed that the seismic behavior was significantly improved by the RC wing walls. With the strong-beam weak-column connections, severe damages sustained by the longitudinal wing walls (LWW) prevented the potential collapse of column, and the transverse wing wall (TWW) efficiently avoided the fragile shear failure of short columns and panel zone of beam-column joints. The failure mechanisms were identified indicating that wing walls improved the ductility for the bare frame. This study provides a solid experimental support on the evaluation of seismic behavior of irregular SRC frames with RC wing walls, which could be applied in the main factory buildings of thermal power plants (TPP).

scholarly journals Seismic Performance of High-Ductile Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Short Columns

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingke Deng ◽  
Yangxi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Short Column ◽  
Short Columns

This study mainly aims to investigate the effectiveness of high-ductile fiber-reinforced concrete (HDC) as a means to enhance the seismic performance of short columns. Six HDC short columns and one reinforced concrete (RC) short column were designed and tested under lateral cyclic loading. The influence of the material type (concrete or HDC), axial load, stirrup ratio, and shear span ratio on crack patterns, hysteresis behavior, shear strength, deformation capacity, energy dissipation, and stiffness degradation was presented and discussed, respectively. The test results show that the RC short column failed in brittle shear with poor energy dissipation, while using HDC to replace concrete can effectively improve the seismic behavior of the short columns. Compared with the RC short column, the shear strength of HDC specimens was improved by 12.6–30.2%, and the drift ratio and the energy dissipation increases were 56.9–88.5% and 237.7–336.7%, respectively, at the ultimate displacement. Additionally, the prediction model of the shear strength for RC columns based on GB50010-2010 (Chinese code) can be safely adopted to evaluate the shear strength of HDC short columns.

A combined experimental and numerical analysis on the seismic behavior of short reinforced concrete columns with different structural sizes and axial compression ratios

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1416-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Jin ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Dong Li ◽  
Haibin Xu ◽  
Xiuli Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Concrete Columns ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Columns ◽  
Mesoscopic Simulation ◽  
Energy Dissipation Capacity

The results of an experimental program on eight short reinforced concrete columns having different structural sizes and axial compression ratios subjected to monotonic/cyclic lateral loading were reported. A 3D mesoscopic simulation method for the analysis of mechanical properties of reinforced concrete members was established, and then it was utilized as an important supplement and extension of the traditional experimental method. Lots of numerical trials, based on the restricted experimental results and the proposed 3D mesoscopic simulation method, were carried out to sufficiently evaluate the seismic performances of short reinforced concrete columns with different structural sizes and axial compression ratios. The test results indicate that (1) the failure pattern of reinforced concrete columns can be significantly affected by the shear-span ratio; (2) increasing the axial compression ratio could improve the load capacity of the reinforced concrete column, but the deformation capacity would be restricted and the failure mode would be more brittle, consequently the energy dissipation capacity could be deteriorated; and (3) the load capacity, the displacement ductility, and the energy dissipation capacity of the short reinforced concrete columns all exhibit clear size effect, namely, the size effect could significantly affect the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete columns.

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