Ferdous, Wahid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-4722 and Manalo, Allan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-433X and Alajarmeh, Omar S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-5436 and Zhuge, Yan and Mohammed, Ali A. and Bai, Yu and Aravinthan, Thiru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0691-8296 and Schubel, Peter
(2021)
Bending and Shear Behaviour of Waste Rubber Concrete-Filled
FRP Tubes with External Flanges.
Polymers, 13 (15):2500.
pp. 1-18.
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Abstract
An innovative beam concept made from hollow FRP tube with external flanges and filled with crumbed rubber concrete was investigated with respect to bending and shear. The performance of the rubberised-concrete-filled specimens was then compared with hollow and normal-concrete-filled tubes. A comparison between flanged and non-flanged hollow and concrete-filled tubes was also implemented. Moreover, finite element simulation was conducted to predict the fundamental behaviour of the beams. The results showed that concrete filling slightly improves bending performance but significantly enhances the shear properties of the beam. Adding 25% of crumb rubber in concrete marginally affects the bending and shear performance of the beam when compared with normal-concrete-filled tubes. Moreover, the stiffness-to-FRP weight ratio of a hollow externally flanged round tube is equivalent to that of a concrete-filled non-flanged round tube. The consideration of the pair-based contact surface between an FRP tube and infill concrete in linear finite element modelling predicted the failure loads within a 15% margin of difference.
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Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Item Status: | Live Archive |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2021) |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2022 04:25 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2022 12:51 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bending and shear properties; Composite structures; Crumbed rubber concrete; Externally flanged-tube; Hollow and concrete-filled tubes; Waste tyres |
Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090503 Construction Materials 09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090506 Structural Engineering |
Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4005 Civil engineering > 400510 Structural engineering 40 ENGINEERING > 4005 Civil engineering > 400505 Construction materials |
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |
Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280110 Expanding knowledge in engineering |
Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152500 |
URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/45701 |
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