Influence of basalt fiber on the behavior of beam - column joint under cyclic loading

Abstract

Beam-column joints are immensely complicated areas of reinforced concrete constructions. The strengthening of such components can have a significant impact on the earthquake resistant constructions because the rapid collapse of a building could occur if these beam-column joints fail. Recently, designing of reinforced concrete beam-column joints to resist earthquake load becomes more important using ductile design and high strength material. The fibers addition in a concrete directs to an improvement in cracking resistant, ductility, deformation and energy absorption capacity. However, there are currently many distinct types of fibres with various materials and geometric features are used in fiber reinforced concrete to improve the above said properties. The use of basalt fibre, an alternative material made from natural sources that comes from volcanic rock, is the main topic of this essay. The beam-column junction was used to assess the structural behaviour parameters for basalt fibre reinforced concrete, including load–deflection behaviour, ductility, stiffness value, energy absorption capacity, and energy index. From this work, it shows that the natural based basalt fiber shows excellent structural behavior when compared to control concrete. Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete (BFRC) has the potential for widespread application in the construction of concrete structures as well as in earthquake-prone regions.