Abstract
A new type of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) with a tensile rupture strain of more than 5% was used for the seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete (RC) square columns in this paper. A control column and 9 FRP-wrapped RC square columns were prepared with different number of FRP layers and FRP types. The seismic performance was comprehensively discussed and analyzed in terms of the failure modes, hysteretic behaviors, cumulative energy dissipation and FRP strain evolution. Experimental results showed that the ductility of specimens had a remarkable improvement as the confinement stiffness increased. Moreover, the buckling of longitudinal bars was restricted and postponed. Numerical analysis was conducted in OpenSees to further research the seismic performance of specimens based on an LRS FRP-confined concrete model and a reinforcing bar buckling model considering FRP confining effect. The simulated results were in close agreement with the experimental results. Parametric analysis was also conducted to investigate the influence of the FRP wrapping thickness, axial compression ratio and longitudinal reinforcement ratio on the seismic performance.
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