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Preparation of Aligned Steel Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite and Its Flexural Behavior
Published on: June 27, 2018
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Seismic Performance of High-Strength Exterior Beam-Column Joints
Bingliu Wu1,2, Xingjian Liu3,4, Junyu Jia5,6,7
1The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310058, China.
Abstract:
Steel fiber reinforced high-strength concrete (SFRHSC) is a composite material composed of cement, coarse aggregate, and randomly distributed short steel fibers. The excellent tensile strength of steel fiber can significantly improve the crack resistance and ductility of high-strength concrete (HSC). In this study, experimental and numerical investigations were performed to study the cyclic behavior of the HSC beam-column joint. Three SFRHSC and one HSC beam-column joint were prepared and tested under cyclic load. Two different volume ratios of steel fibers and three stirrups ratios in the joint core area were experimentally studied. After verification of the experimental results, numerical simulations were further carried out to investigate the influence of steel fibers volume ratio and stirrups ratio in the joint core area on the seismic performance. Evaluation of the hysteretic response, ductility, energy dissipation, stiffness, and strength degradation were the main aims of this study. Results indicate that the optimal volume fraction of steel fibers is 1.5%, and the optimal stirrups ratio in the joint core area is 0.9% in terms of the enhancement of the seismic performance of the SFRHSC beam-column joint.
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