Otoom, Omar F. and Lokuge, Weena 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1370-1976 and Karunasena, Warna and Manalo, Allan C. and Ozbakkaloglu, Togay and Thambiratnam, David
(2021)
Experimental and numerical evaluation of the compression behaviour of GFRP-wrapped infill materials.
Case Studies in Construction Materials, 15:e00654.
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Abstract
Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite wrap has become an effective repair system for deteriorated structural columns. It is essential to provide an infill material in the gap between the retrofitted column and the GFRP wrap. So, the properties of the infill material can significantly influence the contribution of these wraps and thus, can affect the overall performance of the retrofitted structure. However, the research on the effect of GFRP confinement on infill materials with various properties is still limited. This study explores the effectiveness of the GFRP wrapping system and its contribution to the axial compression behaviour of concrete, grout and epoxy infill materials. A total of 18 unconfined and GFRP-wrapped cylindrical columns were cast and tested under concentric axial compression loading. A finite element (FE) modelling was implemented using ABAQUS software to analyse the compression behaviour of GFRP-wrapped infill materials. The experimental results demonstrated that the confinement effect of the GFRP wrapping system is highly influenced by the properties of the infill material. The compressive strength and modulus of elasticity significantly increased due to GFRP wrapping by 149 % and 77 %, respectively for concrete infill, and by 40 % and 72 %, respectively for grout infill whereas negligible confinement efficiency observed in wrapped epoxy infill. The FE analyses showed a good correlation with the experimental results in predicting the overall compressive behaviour of the various infill materials. This study demonstrates valuable insights on the confinement effect of GFRP wraps in the repair of columns involving infill materials which therefore could be employed to better understand the overall behaviour of columns retrofitted with GFRP wrapping systems.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2021 02:55 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2021 02:55 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GFRP-wrapped infill; axial compression; material characterization; finite element modelling; parametric study |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090503 Construction Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091209 Polymers and Plastics |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401609 Polymers and plastics 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401602 Composite and hybrid materials 40 ENGINEERING > 4005 Civil engineering > 400505 Construction materials |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | B Economic Development > 87 Construction > 8705 Building Management and Services > 870501 Civil Building Management and Services |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 12 CONSTRUCTION > 1205 Construction processes > 120501 Civil construction processes 12 CONSTRUCTION > 1203 Construction materials performance and processes > 120304 Polymeric materials and paints |
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| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2021.e00654 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/43469 |
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