Slenderness Limit for Short FRP-Confined Circular RC Columns
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 16, Issue 6
Abstract
Strengthening of RC columns through lateral confinement provided by external fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) jackets (or wraps) has become an increasingly popular technique over the past decade. Nevertheless, relevant design provisions in existing design guidelines are only concerned with the design of FRP jackets for short columns in which the slenderness effect is negligible. Even for the safe application of the existing design provisions for short columns, there is an urgent need to define a slenderness limit for short FRP-confined columns. This paper proposes such a slenderness limit expression based on the numerical results of a comprehensive parametric study that investigates the effects of various parameters on the slenderness limit using a recently developed theoretical column model. An important feature of the proposed expression is that it separates the effect of FRP confinement on the slenderness limit from the effect of other parameters. This feature allows existing slenderness limit expressions for short RC columns of different forms to be readily upgraded for use in the design of FRP-confined RC columns by incorporating the part dealing with the effect of FRP confinement in the proposed expression.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful for the financial support received from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR (Project No. PolyU 5289/08E), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. Y1091019).
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 16 • Issue 6 • December 2012
Pages: 650 - 661
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 5, 2011
Accepted: Mar 16, 2012
Published online: Mar 20, 2012
Published in print: Dec 1, 2012
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