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| Design-oriented modeling of circular FRP-wrapped concrete columns after sustained axial compression |
| Hui Liu, Ming-hua He, Jia Guo, Yong-jiu Shi, Zhao-xin Hou, Lu-lu Liu |
| Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Central Research Institute of Building and Construction Co., Ltd., China Metallurgical Group Corporation, Beijing 100023, China; Research Institute of Highway of China Ministry of Transport, Beijing 100088, China; Institute of Chemical Machinery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China |
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Abstract Fiber-reinforced plastic-wrapped concrete columns (FRP-C) have been extensively used in building structures and transportation infrastructures around the world during the past two decades. These members are actually subjected to a long-term sustained axial compression before they experience the designated ultimate loading. However, little attention has been given to the performance of FRP-C after sustained axial compression compared with that of its short-term instant performance. This study aims to establish a design-oriented numerical model for the long-term deformation of circular FRP-C after sustained load. A modified constitutive model of FRP-wrapped concrete is proposed for numerical analysis of FRP-C considering two dominant effects of sustained axially compressive loading. Numerical verifications against existing tests indicates that the ultimate strength will be slightly enhanced while the ultimate strain will be conspicuously reduced in most cases of normal strength FRP-C after a long-term sustained load.
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Received: 28 December 2013
Published: 04 January 2015
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