Experimental study on seismic performance of strengthening masonry wall using hybrid fiber-reinforced reactive powder concrete

2021 ◽  
pp. 875529302098801
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Qun Xie ◽  
Zhenli Wu ◽  
Fanyang Bu ◽  
Fei Wang

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the seismic performance of masonry walls strengthened using hybrid fiber-reinforced reactive powder concrete (HyFRRPC) as a coating. The proposed reinforcement technique was employed to improve the overall strength and structural integrity of the confined masonry wall. In order to guarantee the composite action between the masonry substrate and the coating material, material tests were conducted to achieve an optimal mixture for the HyFRRPC. Then, six full-scaled confined masonry specimens strengthened by HyFRRPCs with varied strengthening configurations were tested under in-plane quasi-static horizontal loading. The test and analysis results indicated that the proposed HyFRRPC-strengthening technique can effectively improve the lateral carrying capacity, displacement ductility, and energy dissipation capacity of masonry walls, and provide an optimal reinforcement. Finally, a simplified analytical model was also proposed for practical application.

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 2402-2406
Author(s):  
Kui He ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Fang Fang Jia ◽  
Er Po Wang ◽  
Zhen Bao Lu ◽  
...  

Workability, strength and fracture mechanics of polypropylene macro-fiber reinforced Reactive powder concrete (RPC) were studied in this work. The results showed that the incorporation of macro-fiber could influence the workability of RPC, the slump of RPC decreased with the increasing of macro-fiber content; compressive strength decreased while splitting strength increased with the increasing of macro-fiber, meanwhile the flexural strength invariant. Macro-fiber could strongly enhance the flexural toughness of RPC and changed the failure mode from brittle to ductile; fracture energy tends to increase linearly with the increasing of macro-fiber.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
Hoijin Kim ◽  
Zheongzun Yi ◽  
Jongsup Park ◽  
Junsuk Kang

Due to the increase in the frequency and intensity of earthquakes and the number of old buildings and in Korea, there is an expected increase in the damage to life and property. Therefore, we intend to derive an indicator to evaluate the risk level by conducting a seismic test on old buildings. An initial crack was generated in the masonry structure to reflect the deterioration. The effect of the deterioration on the building was subsequently analyzed by comparing it with the uncracked control group. As a result, the masonry wall, which was the specimen, satisfied the seismic performance, but local failure occurred along the initial crack in the specimen considering the aging. The safety was significantly decreased due to the occurrence of additional cracks. This demonstrates that the cracks caused by the aging of the masonry building greatly damaged the seismic performance of the building.


2019 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 219-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaomeng Hou ◽  
Pengfei Ren ◽  
Qin Rong ◽  
Wenzhong Zheng ◽  
Yao Zhan

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