Materials (Feb 2022)

Unified Stress–Strain Model of FRP-Confined Square and Circle Rubber Concrete Columns

  • Yugui Cao,
  • Guoxu Zhao,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Can Hou,
  • Ling Mao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051832
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 5
p. 1832

Abstract

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Studying the stress–strain relationship of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-confined rubber concrete (RuC) plays an important role in its application in engineering projects. Most of the existing stress–strain relationship models are established based on the test data of FRP-confined rubber concrete with circular cross-sections, and the effect of the section shape is not considered. Therefore, an analysis-oriented stress–strain model of FRP-confined circular and square rubber concrete columns was studied in this paper for the first time. A database that includes the rubber particle content and section shape on the peak stress-peak strain and axial–lateral strain relationship of FRP-confined rubber concrete was established by collecting 235 test data from the literature. By modifying the key parameters in the existing FRP-confined normal concrete stress–strain relationship model, a unified stress–strain relationship model of FRP-confined RuC with circular and square columns is established. The proposed model is verified, and a good accuracy of the model is proven.

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