Abstract
AbstractFor the seismic design of fiber reinforcement polymer (FRP) confined reinforced concrete (RC) columns, the development of an accurate axial stress-strain model that considers cyclic compression is necessary. In light of such a demand, this paper presents a cyclic axial stress-strain model for FRP-confined RC square columns. The model is informed from physical observations and test measurements obtained from an experimental investigation reported in the companion paper, in which FRP-confined square unreinforced and reinforced concrete columns of larger size under varying cyclic axial compression patterns were tested. In the current paper, the proposed stress-strain model is presented and it consists of three main components, namely (1) a monotonic stress-strain model to describe the envelope curve, (2) a polynomial expression for the unloading path, and (3) a straight line for the reloading path. The influence of internal longitudinal and hoop steel reinforcement is also considered in the proposed ...
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