PROJECT REPORT

(PHASE–II)
on
ANALYSIS ON BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR OF PVA
REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS WITH SELF
STRESSED CONCRETE BY FINITE ELEMENT
ANALYSIS
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY
In

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
By
PALYAM KIRAN KUMAR REDDY
(RA1912001010044)

Under the guidance of

Ms. P. KRITHIKA
(Assistant Professor)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SRM INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Undersection3ofUGCAct,1956)
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur-603203
Chengalpattu District
NOVEMBER 2020

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 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report titled “ANALYSIS ON BUCKLING

BEHAVIOUR OF PVA REINFORCED COLUMNS WITH SELF
STRESSED CONCRETE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS” is the
bonafide work of PALYAM KIRAN KUMAR REDDY(RA1912001010044)
who carried out the research under my supervision. Certified further, that to the
best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not form part of any other
project report or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was
conferred on an earlier occasion or any other candidate.

Signature of Guide Signature of HOD

Ms. P KRITHIKA Dr. K.S.Satyanarayanan

Assistant professor Professor & Head

Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
SRM IST SRM IST
Kattankulathur- 603203 Kattankulathur- 603203

INTERNAL EXAMINER-I EXTERNALEXAMINER-II

DATE :

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 ABSTRACT

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures have been widely used in constructions of

buildings and infrastructures based on technology and know-how accumulated over
the last several decades as well as excellent cost competitiveness of concrete
material. PVA fibre means Poly Vinyl Alcohol. They are used in conventional
concrete as stealth reinforcement. These fibres have superior. crack resistance and
have high modulus of elasticity. The tensile strength of these fibres are also very
high when compared to other fibres. Hence they are used in conventional concrete.
They are also available in variable diameter. This study was to clarify buckling
behaviour of PVA reinforced columns with self stressed concrete experimentally
behaviour and analytical behaviour. In this analytical study of PVA reinforced
column we have known the buckling behaviour of column analytically. From
observation of the analytical results we continue with experimental results

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to express my sincere thanks to the MANAGEMENT,

Dr.C.MUTHAMIZHCHELVAN , Pro Vice- Chancellor (E&T) and
Dr.T.V.GOPAL, Dean (CET), SRM IST for providing all the facilities for
carrying out this work.

I express my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. K.S.Satyanarayanan, Professor

and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, SRM IST for his consistent
encouragement in completing the project.

I express my sincere thanks to Project Coordinators

Dr.N.Umamaheswari, Professor and Dr.P.R.Kannan Rajkumar, Associate
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering for their valuable guidance and timely
suggestions during the project work.

I am thankful to Faculty Advisor Mr.S.A.Vengadesh Subramanian,

Assistant Professor (Sr. G), for his support.

I hereby acknowledge with deep sense of gratitude the valuable

guidance, encouragement and suggestions given by my guide Ms P.Krithika,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR who has been a constant source of inspiration
throughout this project.

I express my deep love and warm regards to My Parents and My Friends

for their support, constant encouragement and timely help.
(PALYAM KIRAN KUMAR REDDY)

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ABSTRACT 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4
TABLE OFCONTENTS 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
LIST OF FIGURES
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1. INTRODUCTION 9
1.1 GENERAL 9
1.2 TYPES OF MATERIAL 10
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 10
1.4 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT 10
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 11
2.1 GENERAL 11
2.2 LITERATURE REVIEW 12
3. METHODOLOGY 13
3.1 METHODOLOGY OF PROJECT 13
4. ANALYTICALSTUDY
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5 COLLECTION OF MATERIALS
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6 CASTING OF CUBES AND CYLINDERS

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7 TESTING OF CUBES AND CYLINDERS AND

RESULTS 27

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8 CASTING OF LONG COLUMNS
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9 ANALYTICAL RESULTS
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REFERENCES
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3.1 METHODOLOGY 13
4.1 CONCRETE MODEL 14
4.2 STEEL TUBE 15
4.3 MESHED MODEL 15
4.4 LOAD AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS 16
4.5 DIRECTIONAL DEFORMATION 17
4.6 TOTAL DEFORMATION 17
4.7 LOAD DEFORMATION DIAGRAM
4.8 EXCEL SHEET OF LOAD VS DIAPLACEMENT 18
5.1 PVA FIBER 20
5.2 EXPANSIVE CEMENT
5.3 STEEL TUBES 24
6.1 CASTING OF CUBES 25
6.2 CASTING OF CYLINDERS 26
7.1 TESTING OF CYLINDERS 27
7.2 TESTING OF CUBES 27
7.3 COMPRESIVE STRENGTH RESULTS 28
7.4 SPLIT TENSILE RESULTS 29
7.5 FLEXURAL STRENGTH RESULTS 29
8.1 CASTING OD STEEL TUBES WITH STEEL 31
TUBES
8.2 CASTING OF COLUMNS WITHOUT STEEL 31
TUBES
9.1 BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR GRAPH 32
9.2 BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR RESULTS 33

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO TITLE PAGE NO

1 WORK DONE FOR PHASE 2 22

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 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL

Self-stressing concrete can be achieved if the cement that is been used

has the potential of producing large expansions and is the concrete are
restrained properly consignment. The main difference between compensating
concrete and self-stressing concrete is the magnitude of expansion
deformation. PVA Fibers (polyvinyl alchocol) gives high performance with
concrete. PVA fiber creates a good molecular bonding with concrete compared
to other fibers. PVA fibers used widely because of their good molecular bond
strength,good modulus of elastcity and abrasion.

Painting a PVA coat on surface can increase the adhension of concrete.

PVA fiber is used with concrete to improve the cracking and shrinkage of
concrete. To increase the stiffness of concrete PVA fiber is very helpful. If PVA
is mixed with concrete it gives good strength and stiffness .PVA fiber creates a
multi-directional network which provides good shrinkage and resistance

1.2 TYPES OF MATERIALS

PVA reinforced column:

Steel tube inner diameter - 135.7mm
Length of tube - 1.5 meter
Thickness of tube - 2 mm
Grade of concrete - M40
Steel tube outer diameter - 139.7mm

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1.3 OBJECTIVES

 To study the stress developed due to the confinement

 To study the buckling behavior of PVA reinforced long columns under
uniaxial loading using Ansys software.

1.4 SCOPE

 The buckling behavior of PVA reinforced long columns under uniaxial

loading will be studied using Ansys software.
 The analytical results will be studied and compared with the
experimental results

The project is undertaken for educational, professional and societal

importance.

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 CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 GENERAL

Some of the literatures and journals similar to the current work are
investigated and studied. The investigated literatures include such as
buckling behavior of PVA reinforced concrete columns

2.2 LITERATURE REVIEW

Lu Yiyan Li Shan Liu Lan “Slenderness effects on concrete-

filled steel tube columns confined with CFRP" Steel columns with
concrete filled, confined with CFRP has been studied. The results shows
that confined CFRP hoop provided on steel tube with concrete has
improved their behaviour. Results also shows that as the slenderness ratio
increases the CFRP strength has decreased.

Ramyasree Anam, "Study of properties on PVA reinforced concrete

with analysis “May 2015, page-34.The effect of PVA fiber loading of
1.3 wt% on the mechanical properties of concrete was examined.
Compressive strength and split tensile strength testing was done for
both baseline concrete cubes and PVA fiber-reinforced concrete cubes.
When compressive strength was examined as a function of curing
time, the fiber-reinforced concrete exhibited 23% less compressive
strength than the cubes without fibers.

Alexandra Akkari March 2011"A PVA fiber reinforced

composite for pavement overlay evaluvation " Totally 4 mixes
behaving has been studied. Analysis showed that there was a change in
strength of one mix out of 4 mixes. The relationship between
compressive and flexural nad been studied and found that on addition pf
PVA fiber flexural strength contributes than compressive strength.

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 Hakan Nuri Atahan, Bekir Yılmaz Pekmezci, Static and
Impact Flexural Effects on PVA Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious
Composites. PVA reinforced composite under static and impact ettects
has been studied.The results shows that the addition of PVA fiber to
composites has a good effect on compressive strength of concrete.The
final results shows that as the PVA fiber % increases the compressive
strength of cementitious composites has increased.

Nagarathinam, Vijayalakshmi A PVA FIBER REINFORCED

CONCRETE WITH FLY ASH AND M-SAND’S MECHANICAL
PROPERTIES In this research the properties of PVA reinforced
concrete using M-sand and fly ash has studied. The final results shows
that the increase in PVA fiber of concrete increases the strength of
concrete. In place of cement Fly ash had used.

J WANG ON POLYVINYLALCOHOL (PV COHOL (PVA) FIBER-

REINFORCED RUBBER A) FIBER-REINFORCED RUBBER
CONCRETE AND SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE. A study has
made on PVA fiber reinforced concrete with rubber and self-compacting
concrete. Overall results shows that the addition of PVA to concrete can
increase the fracture energy and cracking behavior of self stressing
concrete

Erxia Dua, Shuanglong Donga, Jianheng Sun,Concrete Polyvinyl-

Alcohol Fibre Bonding Properties in Fabricated Structures page:
1062. When the fibre volume content is lower than 2.0%, there is a
positive correlation between fibre volume content, tensile strength,
compressive strength and peak bonding stress. The tests have shown that
the peak bonding stress at the fibre content of 1% is similar to that at the
fibre content of 2%, two times larger than that at the fiber content of 0%.

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 CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

3.1 METHODOLOGY OF PROJECT

Literature review

Defining the parameters of

study

Construction of model in
software

Buckling behavior of PVA

reinforced long columns

Discussion of results

Conclusion

Fig.3.1 METHODOLOGY OF PROJECT

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 CHAPTER 4

ANALYTICAL STUDY

4.1 CONSTRUCTION OF MODEL

The use of ANSYS software has been increased these days because of
it’s finite analysis. The model of concrete column and the model of steel
tube has been constructed using ANSYS software in the down figures

Figure 4.1 shows the concrete model of column in Ansys software

Fig.4.1 CONCRETE MODEL

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Figure 4.2 shows the model of steel tube in Ansys software

Fig.4.2 STEEL TUBE

4.2 MESH MODEL

Meshing is a part of analysis program. In the mesh model the main model is
divided into several small simple elements to understand the model properly. If
our model is divided into several elements because it is easy to analyse the
model completely and get finite results

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 Fig.4.3 MESHED MODEL

4.3 LOAD AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

To apply displacement boundary condition in Ansys first we have to define

the element type.To create mesh volume use modelling,create volume to
tube.Now the mesh volume has applied.To find out the displacement in Ansys
software structural, then displacement on ares is to be applied.After that apply
the load and boundary conditions to the model in the Ansys software

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Fig.4.4 LOAD AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

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4.4 DIRECTIONAL DEFORMATION
Figure 4.5 shows the directional deformation of model

Fig.4.5 DIRECTIONAL DEFORMATION

4.5 TOTAL DEFORMATION OF STEEL TUBE

Figure 4.6 shows the total deformation of the model steel tube

Fig.4.6 TOTAL DEFORMATION OF STEEL TUBE

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Fig-4.7 RESULT DEFORMATION OF STEEL TUBE

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4.7 LOAD VS DISPLACEMENT GRAPH

Fig-4.8 LOAD VS DISPLACEMENT GRAPH OF HOLLOW STEEL

TUBE

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4.8 RESULTS
Figure 4.9 shows the results obtained from analysis of steel tube

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CONCLUSION

A Steel tube with dimensions has analyzed with Ansys software. The
buckling behavior and the failure load of steel tube found out using software.
The column will be tested experimentally in the laboratory. The analytical
results and the experimental results will be compared and conclusion will be
given.

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 CHAPTER-5
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS

5.1 collection of PVA fiber

Fig-5.1 PVA FIBER

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5.2 COLLECTION OF EXPANSIVE CEMENT

Fig-5.2 EXPANSIVE CEMENT

5.3 COLLECTION OF STEEL TUBES

Fig-5.3 STEEL TUBES

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 CHAPTER-6
CASTING OF CUBES AND CYLINDERS

6.1 CASTING OF CUBES

Casting of cubes(100*100 cm) using different
percentage of PVA fiber upto 2.5% with 10% Expansive cement

Fig 6.1 CASTING OF CUBES

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6.2 CASTING OF CYLINDERS
Casting of cylinders(100*200 cm)with
different percentage of PVA fiber upto 2.5% with 10% Expansive cement

Fig-6.2 CASTING OF CYLINDERS

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 CHAPTER-7

TESTING OF CUBES AND CYLINDERS& RESULTS

Fig-7.1 TESTING OF CYLINDERS

Fig-7.2 TESTING OF CUBES

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COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST

Fig-7.3 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH RESULTS

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SPLIT TENSILE TEST

Fig-7.4 SPLIT TENSILE TEST RESULTS

FLEXURAL STRENGTH TEST

Fig-7.5 FLEXURAL STRENGTH TEST RESULTS

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CONCLUSION FOR TESTING OF CUBES AND CYLINDERS

We have casted cubes and cylinders using 10%

Expansive cement and different percentage of PVA fiber upto 5% with two
different grade cement(M40&M50).We have done different tests on casted
cubes and cylinders and we concluded that M40 2% and M50 1.5% PVA fiber
gives the best results.We will cast 1.5 m long columns with and without steel
tubes with the best results on testing cubes and cylinders.

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 CHAPTER-8
CASTING OF LONG COLUMNS

CASTING OF COLUMNS WITH AND WITHOUT STEEL TUBE

Fig-8.1 CASTING OF COLUMNS WITH STEEL TUBE

Fig-8.2 CASTING OF COLUMNS WITHOUT STEEL TUBE

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 CHAPTER-9
ANALYTICAL RESULTS

The final results of Analytical study of long columns with steel tube and PVA
fiber has been studied

Fig-9.1 BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR GRAPH OF ALL COLUMNS

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 Fig-9.2 BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR FINAL RESULTS

CONCLUSION FOR RESULTS

The Analytical study of buckling behavior of long columns has been studied.
It is found that M40 self stressed concrete with 2% PVA and M50 with 1.5%
PVA fiber are found to behave better than conventional concrete columns and
steel tube in buckling behavior. We found that as the % of PVA fiber increases
the load bearing capacity of columns has reduced

We have castes all the sample columns for Experimental work Due to COVID-
19 pandemic we couldn’t complete the testing . After this pandemic we will
continue the testing and we will give final conclusion for our project

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 CHAPTER 10

REFERENCE

1) Gowda, Hanume, “Expansive (Self-Stressing) Cements In Reinforced

Concrete”, a Ph.P.TKesTsatP'^Hho University, West Lafayette, Indiana,
August, 1976

2) Yiyan Lu, “Behavior of steel fibres reinforced self-stressing and self-

compacting concrete filled tube subjected to bending” construction and
building materials. 2017

3) A. Silva, “Experimental assessment of the flexural behavior of circular

rubberized concrete-filled steel tubes”, Journal of Constructional Steel
Research 122(2016) 557-570.

4) Alexander Linb, “The influence of expansive cement on the mechanical,

physical, and microstructural properties of hybrid-fiber-reinforced
concrete”, Cement and Concrete Composites 96 (2019) 21-32.

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