FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF AXIALLY LOADED FRP-CONFINED

RECTANGULAR COLUMNS

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Axially loaded concrete and reinforced concrete columns can be strengthened by using
lateral confinement. Recently the use of FRP confinement has significantly increased due
to its high corrosion resistance, high ultimate stress and because it is easy to use. FRP
confinement is most frequently applied for circular and rectangular cross-sections.

Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) nowadays is widely accepted in construction industry to

serve as a means of strengthening existing buildings to meet higher capacity demands,
which carry too much historic value to be removed or rebuilt. If the issue of heat
insulation can be solved properly, FRP can also be used as a confining material for
concrete in new construction. In recent years, a lot of research has been done to study the
behaviour of FRP-confined concrete columns. In the early stage, most of the research was
focused on FRP-confined concrete circular concrete columns under concentric loading,
for example, where the concrete undergoes uniform and isotropic confining stress exerted
by the FRP wraps. On the other hand, the problem of non-uniform and anisotropic
confining stresses in FRP-confined concrete columns with non-circular sections or under
eccentric loading was also addressed and studied. Meanwhile, finite element method has
been frequently adopted to analyse different types of FRP-confined concrete columns,
including those with non-uniform and anisotropic confinement.

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Objectives

Finite element analysis of axially loaded FRP-confined rectangular concrete

columns
Objectives:
1. A finite element model for the nonlinear analysis of FRP-confined
concrete columns has been formulated based on authors’ developed
advanced constitutive models.
2. The obtained finite element results have been verified successfully
against specimens with rectangular FRP-confined columns.
3. With this developed finite element model, it is now possible to evaluate
the non-uniform and anisotropic confinement effects of FRP-confined
rectangular columns..

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

Published literatures available in refereed journals with regard to Finite Element analysis
of FRP- confined columns have been surveyed from year 2000 onward and are reported
here in

Anupam chakrabarti, amit chandra and pradeep bharagav et al. (2008). Have
worked on nonlinear finite element model is developed for the analysis of plain and
reinforced concrete column confined by FRP sheets. The column sections chosen for the
analysis are either circular or square in shape. The behaviour of small and large scale FRP
wrapped concrete columns under uni-axial compression is investigated using the
developed model. The proposed FEA model is based on appropriate selection of
elements, strength failure criteria and other parameters required for accurate analysis of
concrete columns confined with FRP sheets.

Saptarshi Sasmal, K.Ramanjaneyulu et al. (2010). This paper discusses the aspects of
repair and retrofitting technique adopted for a damaged reinforced concrete beam-column
joint specimen under cyclic loading. A specimen designed based on Indian Standard
specifications with consideration of seismic load but without adopting ductile detailing
(NonDuctile) was investigated under reverse cyclic loading.

T. Yua, J.G. Teng et al. (2008). Worked on modified plastic-damage model within the
theoretical framework of the Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model (CDPM) in ABAQUS
for the modelling of confined concrete under non-uniform confinement.

Bernát Csuka et al. (2011). Worked on new model for FRP confined concrete columns
is applied for eccentrically loaded circular and centrically loaded rectangular cross-
sections. A good agreement was found between the calculations and both our own
experimental data and those found in the literature. The shortcomings of the existing
models are demonstrated. Based on our calculations a simplified model is also developed.

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Athanasios I. Karabinis , Theodoros C. Rousakis et al. (2008). In this paper Numerical

analyses are performed to predict the stress–strain behavior of square reinforced concrete
columns strengthened by fiber-reinforced polymer FRP sheet confinement. The research
focuses on the contribution of FRP sheets to the prevention of elastic buckling of
longitudinal steel bars under compression, in cases of inadequate stirrup spacing. A new
Drucker–Prager-type plasticity model is proposed for confined concrete and is used in
constructed finite-element model.

B. Doran, H.O. Koksal et al. (2008). Worked on Numerous confinement models which
can be categorized as design or analysis oriented have been proposed for predicting the
behaviour of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-confined concrete columns. Analysis
oriented models generally use an incremental procedure for plotting the entire stress–
strain response while design-oriented models predict the load-carrying and deformation
capacities of the column with closed form expressions. As a comprehensive approach,
this paper primarily deals with the nonlinear finite element modelling of
rectangular/square concrete columns wrapped with FRP in order to simulate the
compressive behaviour under concentric loading.

S.H. Lo, A.K.H. Kwan et al. (2015). In this paper author worked on Fibre-reinforced
polymer (FRP) offers an effective and convenient means to strengthen existing RC
columns. However, classical mechanics could not have an accurate prediction of the
lateral strain due to axial load, hence an assessment on the overall confinement effects of
the FRP. The finite element (FE) method, on the other hand, can give a full picture of the
stress and the strain developed at a typical cross-section from linear elastic to ultimate
failure loads. In this paper, a finite element model for the nonlinear analysis of FRP-
confined concrete columns is presented, in which concrete elements are formulated based
on advanced constitutive models recently developed, and it is verified against specimens
with rectangular sections from existing experimental studies.

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SUMMARY

From the papers published from 2000 with regard to Finite element analysis performed in
the study’s clearly demonstrated that the externally bonded FRP sheet is practical solution
towards strengthening the column. Confinement effectiveness is more in the case lower
grade of concrete and it decreases with increase in unconfined concrete strength. It has
been found that strengthening of column of column having FRP laminate subjected to
uni-axial compression works best for 0 degree of fibre orientation and papers suggests
that the strongest constraint zone is at the corner of column section and drops gradually
along the diagonal and weakest constraint is at the middle of the edges. For rectangular
sections the confinement effect is significantly better at the corners and near the centre
than elsewhere and larger area of well confined concrete over the cross-section can be
achieved by increasing column roundness.

PRESENT WORK

In this work the effect of orientation of fibre and effect of fibre stress on FRP confined
columns will be studied on the strength and stiffness characteristics.

METHODOLOGY

1. FEM based software ANSYS will be used for the modelling of the columns with
different force and boundary conditions after validating the models with published
literature.

2. Nonlinear FEA is proposed to be carried out for understanding the behaviour until
collapse

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REFERENCES

1) Finite element analysis of axially loaded FRP-confined rectangular concrete

columns S.H. Lo , A.K.H. Kwan , Y. Ouyang , J.C.M. Ho , Department of Civil
Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China . School of Civil
Engineering, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
2) Nonlinear finite element modeling of rectangular/square concrete columns
confined with FRP B. Doran, H.O. Koksal, T. Turgay. Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Yıldız Technical University, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey. Faculty of
Architecture and Engineering, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
3) 3D Finite-Element Analysis of Substandard RC Columns Strengthened by Fiber-
Reinforced Polymer Sheets Athanasios I. Karabinis , Theodoros C. Rousakis, and
Georgia E. Manolitsi.
4) Analysis of FRP confined columns under eccentric loading Bernát Csuka , László
P. Kollár Department of Mechanics, Materials and Structures, Budapest
University of Technology and Economics, Muegyetem rkp. 1–3, 1521 Budapest,
Hungary.
5) Finite element modeling of confined concrete-II: Plastic-damage model T. Yua ,
J.G. Teng, Y.L. Wong, S.L. Dong Department of Civil and Structural
Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
6) Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Columns Confined with FRP Sheets
ANUPAM CHAKRABARTI, AMIT CHANDRA AND PRADEEP
BHARAGAVA IIT Roorkee, Civil Engineering Department, Uttarakhand, New
Delhi 247667, India.
7) Seismic retrofitting of nonductile beam-column sub-assemblage using FRP
wrapping and steel plate jacketing Saptarshi Sasmal, K. Ramanjaneyulu, Balthasar
Novák , V. Srinivas , K. Saravana Kumar, Christian Korkowski , Constanze
Roehm , N. Lakshmanan, Nagesh R. Iyer.

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