Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement

High-strength concrete is currently being used in columns of multi-storey building all over the world. Although, it offers superior properties, it is relatively a brittle material. This study intends to improve the ductility of the concrete using a pre-tensioning lateral confinement technique. It in...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Awang, Abdullah Zawawi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77621/1/AbdullahZawawiAwangPFKA2013.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-utm-ep.77621
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-utm-ep.776212018-06-25T08:57:34Z Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement 2013-05 Awang, Abdullah Zawawi TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) High-strength concrete is currently being used in columns of multi-storey building all over the world. Although, it offers superior properties, it is relatively a brittle material. This study intends to improve the ductility of the concrete using a pre-tensioning lateral confinement technique. It investigates the effects of the technique on strength and ductility of the concrete and develops model equations to predict the stress-strain behaviour of confined concrete. The basis of the technique is to apply a pre-tensioning force to relatively low cost steel straps wrapped around the cylindrical concrete specimens. The experimental work was carried out using cylindrical specimens with a dimension of 100mm in diameter and 200mm in height and concrete compressive strength were fixed at 50, 60 and 80 MPa. The parameters studied including different properties of steel straps, various spacing between straps, number of layers of straps and different levels of pre-tensioning stress in the steel straps. The confined specimens were tested in compression until failure under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions. Data collected from the test included mode of failure, loads at peak and ultimate condition, and longitudinal and lateral strains in both concrete and straps. The data were analysed based on volumetric ratio of confinement which is a function of strength of steel straps, compressive strength of concrete, spacing and number of layers of straps. The experimental results show that the pre-tensioning technique using steel straps enhanced the ductility as well as strength of the concrete as the volumetric ratio increases. The results also depicted the ability of the technique to improve the ductility and strength of the concrete, especially for concrete with higher compressive strength by effectively utilising the confinement material. Moreover, the layers of straps had also delayed the onset of volumetric expansion and, undoubtedly, the concrete failure. Based on the analysis, new equations of strength and strain enhancement with confinement coefficients of 2.62 and 11.6 respectively, using pre-tensioning technique had been developed to predict the stress-strain behaviour of confined high-strength concrete. 2013-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77621/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77621/1/AbdullahZawawiAwangPFKA2013.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:97982 phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection	UTM Institutional Repository
language	English
topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) Awang, Abdullah Zawawi Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
description	High-strength concrete is currently being used in columns of multi-storey building all over the world. Although, it offers superior properties, it is relatively a brittle material. This study intends to improve the ductility of the concrete using a pre-tensioning lateral confinement technique. It investigates the effects of the technique on strength and ductility of the concrete and develops model equations to predict the stress-strain behaviour of confined concrete. The basis of the technique is to apply a pre-tensioning force to relatively low cost steel straps wrapped around the cylindrical concrete specimens. The experimental work was carried out using cylindrical specimens with a dimension of 100mm in diameter and 200mm in height and concrete compressive strength were fixed at 50, 60 and 80 MPa. The parameters studied including different properties of steel straps, various spacing between straps, number of layers of straps and different levels of pre-tensioning stress in the steel straps. The confined specimens were tested in compression until failure under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions. Data collected from the test included mode of failure, loads at peak and ultimate condition, and longitudinal and lateral strains in both concrete and straps. The data were analysed based on volumetric ratio of confinement which is a function of strength of steel straps, compressive strength of concrete, spacing and number of layers of straps. The experimental results show that the pre-tensioning technique using steel straps enhanced the ductility as well as strength of the concrete as the volumetric ratio increases. The results also depicted the ability of the technique to improve the ductility and strength of the concrete, especially for concrete with higher compressive strength by effectively utilising the confinement material. Moreover, the layers of straps had also delayed the onset of volumetric expansion and, undoubtedly, the concrete failure. Based on the analysis, new equations of strength and strain enhancement with confinement coefficients of 2.62 and 11.6 respectively, using pre-tensioning technique had been developed to predict the stress-strain behaviour of confined high-strength concrete.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Awang, Abdullah Zawawi
author_facet	Awang, Abdullah Zawawi
author_sort	Awang, Abdullah Zawawi
title	Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
title_short	Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
title_full	Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
title_fullStr	Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
title_full_unstemmed	Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
title_sort	stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77621/1/AbdullahZawawiAwangPFKA2013.pdf
_version_	1747817792002850816

Stress-strain behaviour of high-strength concrete with lateral pre-tensioning confinement

Similar Items