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FA/17-RCV-002-MUST
From the past few decays the community is facing a lot of problems in structural members
with the passage of time such as shear cracks, lack in tensile and flexural strength, fracture
and buckling of structural members etc.
So there is need of materials to retrofit and strengthen the structures. One such strengthening
technique currently being studied is the confinement of concrete columns. There are a lot of
confinement materials that are used for strengthening the concrete structures such as
Ferrocement, glass fiber, aramid fiber, carbon fiber, etc. The use of ferrocement as an
external confinement to concrete column is investigated in this study.
Casting
For this investigation, plain cement concrete (PCC) specimens with different compressive strengths
were prepared. A total of 42 cylindrical specimens (21 each for controlled and confined specimens)
with a diameter of 150 mm and a height of 900 mm
The cracks were extended at 1/3rd height of the specimen irrespective of the concrete strength and
ultimately the specimen reached the failure.
It was observed that there was no failure between the core and ferrocement laminates. But the
specimen failure was due to the network of cracks in the core concrete and the yielding of
transverse wires.
The failure modes clearly demonstrated that the transverse wires were subjected to hoop tension
and thereby produced passive confinement pressure
Failure modes of confined and unconfined concrete specimens. Ultimate load carrying capacity of confined and unconfined concrete
specimens.
where Κp= 35pkr, Fct is theoretical compressive strength of concrete; ƒcu, is unconfined compressive
strength of concrete; p, volume fraction of wire mesh reinforcement = 0.151; Κg is coefficient to
account for the grade of concrete = 1.0; Κm, coefficient to account for the method of confinement =
0.88; Κr, is ratio of cross-sectional and surface area of shell = 0.416, and ƒy
the yield strength of wire = 310 Mpa
Comparison between theoretical and experimental ultimate compressive load carrying capacity
Cylindrical mould of 150mm diameter and 300mm height was used. Ferro cast confinement was of
25mm thick and core concrete of 100mm diameter at the centre of the cylinder. Galvanized Iron mesh
was used.
Case 1 - Complete section under Compression. Case 2 – Concrete core in Compression. Case 3 – Section in Bending
II. Confining the concrete with ferrocement results in an increase in the strength by 78%, 54.8%,
54.6%, 60.25%, 46.3%, 47.2%, and 45.3% in M25, M30, M35, M40, M45, M50, and M55 grades
of concrete specimens, respectively, as compared to the controlled specimens.
III. Confining the concrete with ferrocement laminates results in the enhancement of axial and
radial strains in M25, M30, M35, M35, M40, M45, M50, and M55 specimens in the range of
38.8%, 22.3%, 4.02%, 34.5%, 47.3%, 32.3%, 21.9% and 50.7%, 27.2%, 18.8%, 34.4%, 48.8%,
37.8%, 39.2%, respectively, as compared to the conventional specimens.
IV. Increase in load carrying capacity due to improvement of dimensional stability caused by the
presence of composite material and large fraction of mesh.
V. The strength of the concrete that is confined with ferrocement can be predicted from an adopted
analytical model with reasonable accuracy
Department of Civil Engineering (MUST)
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