Seismic Performance of Substandard Exterior Reinforced Concrete Beam

Column Joints Strengthened with Ultra-High Performance Concrete

Student Name: Khan Muhammad Irfan, Student No: 55950912
Department of Architectural & Civil Engineering

Introduction Key Issues Performance Evaluation Parameters

• Earthquake have the greatest contribution in number of causalities during • One of the key issue in the proposed study will be the development of a Hysteretic Response
20th century from natural disasters. bond between old concrete and UHPC. Energy dissipation
• Asia and Pacific regions were being affected the most from the earthquake, • The other key issue is the simulation of the real seismic event such as Capacity A Strength and
as shown in the Fig. 1. earthquake loading. Ductility indices

Research Methodology F B
The research work is divided into three phases, as shown in fig. 3.Moreover,
experimental phase is comprised of seven tasks, as shown in fig.4. FE Performance Steel strain
modeling and optimization process consists of one task to achieve the research Stiffness Strengthened Units Monitoring
aims. The modules involved in FE modeling is shown in fig.5. Characteristics

E Damage Evolution C
D
Fig. 1. Pie chart showing the number of casualties during the 20th century
from natural disasters and regional share [1]
• RC frame structures constructed in early 1970s, before the advent of Possible Outcome and Significance
seismic design code, have major defects.
• Post-earthquake investigation revealed that the failure of the structures • The proposed technique will be able to shift the global joint shear failure to
was mainly due to the damage in the joint region, as shown in figure2. Fig. 3. Phases of Research Projects the local beam ductile failure.
• The development of reliable and practicable applicable rehabilitation
Ecuador Van Earthquake Izmit Earthquake techniques for strengthening of seismically deficient buildings.
Earthquake 2016 2011 1999
Research time Schedule

Fig. 2. Collapse of RC Frame structure due to BCJ Failure [2,3]

• The available techniques effectively enhance the strength but cannot
improve the displacement ductility.
• In the proposed research work, the ultra-high performance concrete
(UHPC) jacket will be used to strengthen the deficient beam-column joints
(BCJs).
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Research Objectives
• To study the degree of compatibility between normal strength concrete and
References
UHPC.
• To assess the efficiency of BCJs strengthened with UHPC [1] Science Council of Japan, 1989.
• Development and validation of the Finite Element model of BCJ sub- [2] S. Z. Korkmaz, “Observations on the Van Earthquake and Structural
assemblies strengthened with UHPC. Failures.
• To optimize the thickness of the UHPC jacket. Fig. 4. Experimental Phase Fig. 5. Modules of FE Modeling [3] F. Lanning et al., EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report.