Lap Splice in GFRP-RC Rectangular Columns Subjected to Cyclic-Reversed Loads
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 21, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper presents the experimental results of five full-scale glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforced concrete (RC) columns with lap splices under axial and cyclic-reversed loads. One additional reference column was reinforced with steel bars and stirrups for comparison purposes. The column specimens had a 350-mm square cross section with 1,650-mm shear span. Each specimen represented the lower segment of a first-story column between the footing and the point of contraflexure. The test parameters included type of reinforcement, lap splice length of longitudinal reinforcement and transverse reinforcement spacing. Test results indicated that a splice length of 60 times the diameter of the longitudinal column bar was adequate in transferring the full bond forces along the splice length. In addition, lap-spliced GFRP-RC columns with closely spaced transverse reinforcement showed stable hysteresis response and achieved high levels of deformability, which far exceeded the limitations of the North American building codes.
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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to express their gratitude and sincere appreciation for the financial support received from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), through the Canada Research Chairs program. The help received from the technical staff of the McQuade Heavy Structures Laboratory at the University of Manitoba is also acknowledged.
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 21 • Issue 4 • August 2017
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Received: Jun 17, 2016
Accepted: Sep 27, 2016
Published online: Nov 30, 2016
Discussion open until: Apr 30, 2017
Published in print: Aug 1, 2017
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