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Nov 23, 2023

Axial-Impact Resistance of Geopolymeric Recycled Aggregate Concrete Confined with Glass FRP Tubes

Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 28, Issue 1

Abstract

Using geopolymeric recycled aggregate concrete (GRAC) rather than conventional concrete to fill glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes to produce high-performance structural members is a promising green construction technique. In this article, an experimental study investigating the impact behavior of GFRP tube-confined GRAC under axial impact loadings is presented. Moreover, split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) impact tests were conducted, with several variable parameters: (1) confinement ratio (0, 6-ply, and 8-ply GFRP tubes); (2) recycled aggregate (RA) replacement ratio (0%, 50%, and 100%); and (3) strain rate (ranging from 29.4 to 263.3 s−1). In addition, the experimental results of the impact behavior of GFRP-confined GRAC were compared with those of confined ordinary portland cement (OPC) concrete. The test results showed that the confinement of the GFRP tube can remarkably improve the impact resistance of GRAC. The dynamic increase factor (DIF) of confined GRAC was higher than that of confined OPC-based concrete. Similar to OPC-based concrete, the incorporation of RA negatively influenced the impact properties of GRAC, but these influences could be alleviated by GFRP tube confinement. The compressive properties of GFRP-confined GRAC exhibited a strong strain-rate dependency, while the DIF slightly decreased with an increasing confinement ratio. Finally, a model was developed to predict the dynamic strength of GFRP-confined GRAC by reasonably considering the coupling effects of the RA replacement ratio and confinement ratio.

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All data, models, or codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No. 2019B151502004), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2022A0505050077) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12072078 and 12372180).

Notation

The following symbols are used in this paper:
A
cross-sectional area of the Hopkinson bar (m2);
As
cross-sectional area of the specimen (m2);
C0
propagation velocity of the stress wave in the Hopkinson bar (m/s);
CS
propagation velocity of the stress wave in the specimen (m/s);
d
diameter of the GFRP tube (mm);
E
elastic modulus of the Hopkinson bar (MPa);
Efrp
elastic modulus of the GFRP tube (MPa);
fco,d
dynamic compressive strength of the unconfined specimen (MPa);
fco,s
quasi-static compressive strength of the unconfined specimen (MPa);
fcu,d
dynamic compressive strength of the confined specimen (MPa);
fcu,s
quasi-static compressive strength of the confined specimen (MPa);
fl
nominal lateral confining pressure of the GFRP tube (MPa);
Ls
specimen thickness (m);
n
number of reflections;
tfrp
thickness of the GFRP tube (mm);
α
constant parameter in the model of Xie et al. (2022a);
αs
constant parameter in the model of Liu et al. (2018);
β
constant parameter in the model of Xie et al. (2022a);
γs
constant parameter in the model of Liu et al. (2018);
εfrp
ultimate tensile strain of the GFRP tube;
εi(t)
incident strain wave;
εr(t)
reflected strain wave;
εt(t)
transmitted strain wave;
εs(t)
time history of the specimen strain;
ε˙
strain rate (s−1);
ε˙0
constant parameter in proposed models (ε˙0=106s1);
ε˙s
constant parameter in the model of Liu et al. (2018) (ε˙0=3×105s1);
ε˙c0
constant parameter in the model of fib Model Code 2010 (ε˙0=30×106s1);
ε˙s(t)
time history of specimen strain rate (s−1);
ηRA
parameter related to the RA replacement ratio;
ρ
density of the Hopkinson bar (kg/m3);
σs(t)
time history of the specimen stress (MPa);
σ(εc)
function relationship between the stress and strain of the specimen (MPa);
τ
linearly increasing time of the incident wave (s); and
ω
energy absorption capacity of the specimen (MJ/m3).

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Received: Mar 15, 2023
Accepted: Oct 5, 2023
Published online: Nov 23, 2023
Published in print: Feb 1, 2024
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Liang Huang [email protected]
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Univ., Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Email: [email protected]
Master’s Candidate, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. Email: [email protected]
Junjian Huang [email protected]
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. Email: [email protected]
Professor, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. Email: [email protected]
Professor, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong AIB Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510507, China (corresponding author). Email: [email protected]

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