Mechanical Behavior of ECC and ECC/RC Composite Columns under Reversed Cyclic Loading
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 9
Abstract
Engineered cementitious composite (ECC) is an advanced composite material with strain-hardening and multiple-cracking behaviors. The substitution of conventional concrete with ECC can significantly improve the deformation and energy dissipation ability of reinforced concrete (RC) columns. This paper reports on the mechanical behavior of ECC/RC composite columns. An ECC/RC composite column can be obtained by substituting concrete with ECC in the column bottom. The material composition, transverse reinforcement ratio, and axial load level were considered as experimental parameters. Experimental results from reversed cyclic load tests on nine scaled columns are presented. The results indicate that ECC and ECC/RC composite columns have better ductility, better energy dissipation capacity, and slower stiffness degradation than RC columns. The increase in axial load on the ECC/RC composite column negatively affects the ductility but can considerably improve the load capacity and maintain the structural integrity. The results also indicate that the number of stirrups can be properly reduced in ECC and ECC/RC composite columns because of the high-shear strength of ECC.
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Acknowledgments
The financial support of this work from Distinguished Young Scholar Foundation of Jiangsu Province under BK20160027, Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions under 1105007002 and National Natural Science Foundation of China under 51278118 is gratefully acknowledged.
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Volume 29 • Issue 9 • September 2017
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Received: Jun 13, 2016
Accepted: Jan 24, 2017
Published ahead of print: Apr 17, 2017
Published online: Apr 18, 2017
Published in print: Sep 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Sep 18, 2017
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