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Behavior of FRP-Confined Columns with Eco-friendly Concrete Under Combined Axial and Lateral Loading

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An eco-friendly self-compacting geopolymer concrete made of ground granulated blast furnace slag was used as a confinement material in glass fibre-reinforced polymer columns to test its efficiency relating to load carrying capacity toward axial compression and cyclic lateral loads. Steel reinforcements were incorporated to improve the mechanical performance of the proposed composite specimens. Two significant parameters of the GFRP tubular columns viz., diameter to thickness (D/t ratio) and fibre winding angles were varied to examine their effects through experiments on mechanical, ductility, and rigidity characteristics. Two variations of D/t ratio viz., 30 and 50 and three different variations of fibre orientations viz., 0°, 30°, and 45° were considered for parametric analysis. Irrespective of the parameters considered, all the columns showed a two-segmented axial load-deformation pattern with a gradual increase in load carrying capacity post-yielding stage upon axial compression and closed hysteresis loop upon lateral cyclic loading. Stepping up the D/t ratio from 30 to 50 mm retarded the axial load carrying capacity up to 20% and 50% of that of the lateral load carrying capacity, as well as increasing the ductility of the composite columns. 0° fibre orientation showed significant efficiency of 6.67–46.78% relating to axial and lateral load carrying capacity compared to other orientations. The effect of the difference in 30° and 45° orientations was almost negligible, i.e., less than 10% concerning axial and lateral loading characteristics.

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Veerapandian, V., Pandulu, G. & Jayaseelan, R. Behavior of FRP-Confined Columns with Eco-friendly Concrete Under Combined Axial and Lateral Loading. Arab J Sci Eng 49, 4495–4512 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08146-4

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