LOW STRENGTH CONCRETE

MEMBERS EXTERNALLY
CONFINED WITH FRP SHEETS

Objective
To increase the compressive strength of
the low strength concrete
New expressions are proposed to
determine the ultimate axial strain and
compressive
strength
of
CFRP
confined LSC

Introduction
Structural deficiencies
Low strength concrete

Inadequate confinement of
reinforcement

Composite retrofitting
Advantages
Lower density

Higher tensile strength and elastic modulus

Durability

Good constructional workability

Need for FRP confinement

Structural deficiencies

Not possible to demolition of all huge

structures

Test program
Determination of
Strength

Longitudinal and lateral deformability

Strain gauges
Photogrammetric measurements

Energy dissipation

Test specimens
Consists of (Low Strength Concrete)
14 circular cross-section

8 square cross-section
24 rectangular cross-section

Test parameter
Thickness of external confinement

jacket
No of layers of external confinement
The shape of cross-section
Overlap length of FRP
Corner radius for rectangle specimen
Epoxy adhesive

Analytical Method
E0 = 4730 (fco)1/2
E1 = (fcc-fco)/( cc- co)

c = E1c + (E0 E1) c/[1+((E0 E1)

c/fco)n]1/n
h,rup = 0.7 frp

A2 = 4r2 r2
bh
= 4nf x tf
D
= 2 nf x tf(b+h)
bh
cc = co[1+20(h/b)(fmax / fco)0.5 ]

Effectively confined cross-sectional area

Comparsion of the experimental and the analytical

results for the specimens with circular cross-section
Speci
men

h/
b

fc Fibr fcc cc
o
e (MP
laye a)
r

fma fmax/f fcc fcc/f cc cc

x
co
cc
/
(MP
cc
a)

LS-C1a

6.
2

25.3

0.0
39

0.00 5.31
44

0.86

18.
56

1.36

0.0
39

1.0
0

LS-C1b

6.
2

19.4

0.0
26

0.00 5.31
44

0.86

18.
56

1.05

0.0
39

0.6
7

LS-C2a

6.
2

41.9

0.0
59

0.00 10.6
88
3

1.71

34.
60

1.21

0.0
54

1.0
9

LS-C2b

6.
2

40.0

0.0
59

0.00 10.6
88
3

1.71

34.
60

1.16

0.0
54

1.0
9

Comparsion of the experimental and the analytical

results for the specimens with rectangular section
Speci
men

h/
b

fc Fibr fcc cc
o
e (MP
laye a)
r

fma fmax fcc fcc/f cc cc

x
/fco
cc
/
(MP
cc
a)

LS-R1-140a

6.
8

11.1

0.0
39

0.002 2.14
64

0.32

10.
88

1.02

0.0
34

1.1
4

LS-R1.5-310a

1.
5

9.
5

18.6

0.0
66

0.011 5.53

0.58

21.
40

0.87

0.0
48

1.3
8

LS-R2-340a

7.
2

23.6

0.0
77

0.009 6.87
9

0.95

23.
54

1.00 0.11 0.6

2
9

LS-R3-340a

9.
8

15.1

0.0
72

0.008 2.98
8

0.30

15.
43

0.98

0.0
82

0.8
8

CONCLUSIONS
Improved the strength and deformability

Significant enhancement in energy dissipation

The efficiency of the external CFRP jacket on the
compressive strength, and particularly on the
deformability is much more pronounced when the
unconfined concrete compressive strength is
relatively low

The analytical results obtained by these simple

expressions are in good agreement with the
experimental data presented in this study

Thank you