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Research paper thumbnail of Effect of Building Plan Irregularity on Seismic Pounding

Research paper thumbnail of Influence of aggregate size on shear mechanism of reinforced concrete beam subjected to impact load

SN Applied Sciences

This study presents the influence of aggregate interlock, in terms of aggregate size, on shear me... more This study presents the influence of aggregate interlock, in terms of aggregate size, on shear mechanism of reinforced concrete beam under a drop-weight impact using a non-linear finite element model. Four aggregate sizes (8-, 16-, 24-, and 32-mm) were used to study the variation of the shear force at the critical section. Large shear force was recorded at the critical section for the specimens with the 32-mm aggregate size regardless of the impact mass and velocity. This is expected since larger aggregates create rougher surfaces and transfer larger shear forces than smaller ones. As the impact mass increased from 868 to 1700 kg, the critical section shear force decreased on average by 5.3%, regardless of aggregate size. Increasing the impact velocity by 41% decreased the critical section shear force by 58%, 56%, 45%, and 41.5% for the 8 mm, 16 mm, 24 mm, and 32 mm aggregate size specimens, respectively. The influence of aggregate size on the shear transfer mechanism was also studi...

Research paper thumbnail of Numerical analysis of GFRP-reinforced flat slab–column edge connection subjected to gravity and lateral loads

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Research paper thumbnail of Seismic performance evaluation of steel beam to concrete confined with FRP tube column connections

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Research paper thumbnail of Numerical Investigation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Confined Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns under Eccentric Load

Advances in Civil Engineering

Recently, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials have emerged as a viable alternative to confin... more Recently, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials have emerged as a viable alternative to confined columns due to their high ultimate tensile strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance under harsh and corrosive environments. Many previous studies were focused on the confining capability of FRP on concentric axial loads. This study presents a nonlinear finite element (FE) investigation of the effects of the thickness of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), the thickness of steel tube, cross-sectional shape, and slenderness effect of an FRP confined concrete-filled steel tube (FCCFST) column under eccentric load. The FE model was validated by comparing the results with experimental data available in the literature, and good agreement was found. From the FE results, it was found that the steel tube and CFRP confinement improved the load resistance capacity by about 34% to 39%, and the axial shortening of the column at the peak load, from 136% to 57%, in rectangular and circu...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of concrete strength by comparing river and manufactured sand used in Jimma area

Research paper thumbnail of Concrete strength assessment by comparing River Sand and Manufactured Fine Aggregates used in Jimma area based on Laboratory test

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of orientation of stirrups in combination with shear span to depth ratio on shear capacity of RC beams

Heliyon, 2021

The shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams has been a major research area for a long ti... more The shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams has been a major research area for a long time. Since the shear response of RC beams is affected by different factors, many researchers have reported that the nature of shear behavior is complicated. One of these factors worth investigating is the inclination of shear reinforcements. This paper investigated the effect of the orientation of stirrups on the shear capacity of RC beams as the shearspan-to-depth ratio (a/d) varies. The contribution of concrete compressive strength was also studied. An experimental program investigating 21 RC beams has been conducted. The test results revealed that the shear capacity increases as the arrangement of stirrup changes from conventional vertical arrangement to inclined arrangement. However, the increment is high in beams with (a/d) ratio of 2.2 than beams with (a/d) ratio of 2.6, which are relatively slender. Shear capacity also increases as concrete compressive strength increase, which shows that concrete contribution to the shear capacity of beams should be taken in to account. In addition to the experimental test, the beams were analyzed numerically by using a general-purpose finite element package, Abaqus. The shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams obtained from the numerical analysis is in a good agreement with the experimental result. The results obtained by numerical analysis and experimental tests are compared to analytically calculated values by using shear provisions of ACI 318-14 and EN-2. Both ACI 318-14 and EN-2 are generally conservative in predicting the shear capacity of RC beams. However, the conservativeness of these codes reduced as a/d ratio of the beams increase.

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of Building Plan Irregularity on Seismic Pounding

Research paper thumbnail of Influence of aggregate size on shear mechanism of reinforced concrete beam subjected to impact load

SN Applied Sciences

This study presents the influence of aggregate interlock, in terms of aggregate size, on shear me... more This study presents the influence of aggregate interlock, in terms of aggregate size, on shear mechanism of reinforced concrete beam under a drop-weight impact using a non-linear finite element model. Four aggregate sizes (8-, 16-, 24-, and 32-mm) were used to study the variation of the shear force at the critical section. Large shear force was recorded at the critical section for the specimens with the 32-mm aggregate size regardless of the impact mass and velocity. This is expected since larger aggregates create rougher surfaces and transfer larger shear forces than smaller ones. As the impact mass increased from 868 to 1700 kg, the critical section shear force decreased on average by 5.3%, regardless of aggregate size. Increasing the impact velocity by 41% decreased the critical section shear force by 58%, 56%, 45%, and 41.5% for the 8 mm, 16 mm, 24 mm, and 32 mm aggregate size specimens, respectively. The influence of aggregate size on the shear transfer mechanism was also studi...

Research paper thumbnail of Numerical analysis of GFRP-reinforced flat slab–column edge connection subjected to gravity and lateral loads

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Research paper thumbnail of Seismic performance evaluation of steel beam to concrete confined with FRP tube column connections

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Research paper thumbnail of Numerical Investigation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Confined Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns under Eccentric Load

Advances in Civil Engineering

Recently, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials have emerged as a viable alternative to confin... more Recently, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials have emerged as a viable alternative to confined columns due to their high ultimate tensile strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance under harsh and corrosive environments. Many previous studies were focused on the confining capability of FRP on concentric axial loads. This study presents a nonlinear finite element (FE) investigation of the effects of the thickness of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), the thickness of steel tube, cross-sectional shape, and slenderness effect of an FRP confined concrete-filled steel tube (FCCFST) column under eccentric load. The FE model was validated by comparing the results with experimental data available in the literature, and good agreement was found. From the FE results, it was found that the steel tube and CFRP confinement improved the load resistance capacity by about 34% to 39%, and the axial shortening of the column at the peak load, from 136% to 57%, in rectangular and circu...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of concrete strength by comparing river and manufactured sand used in Jimma area

Research paper thumbnail of Concrete strength assessment by comparing River Sand and Manufactured Fine Aggregates used in Jimma area based on Laboratory test

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of orientation of stirrups in combination with shear span to depth ratio on shear capacity of RC beams

Heliyon, 2021

The shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams has been a major research area for a long ti... more The shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams has been a major research area for a long time. Since the shear response of RC beams is affected by different factors, many researchers have reported that the nature of shear behavior is complicated. One of these factors worth investigating is the inclination of shear reinforcements. This paper investigated the effect of the orientation of stirrups on the shear capacity of RC beams as the shearspan-to-depth ratio (a/d) varies. The contribution of concrete compressive strength was also studied. An experimental program investigating 21 RC beams has been conducted. The test results revealed that the shear capacity increases as the arrangement of stirrup changes from conventional vertical arrangement to inclined arrangement. However, the increment is high in beams with (a/d) ratio of 2.2 than beams with (a/d) ratio of 2.6, which are relatively slender. Shear capacity also increases as concrete compressive strength increase, which shows that concrete contribution to the shear capacity of beams should be taken in to account. In addition to the experimental test, the beams were analyzed numerically by using a general-purpose finite element package, Abaqus. The shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams obtained from the numerical analysis is in a good agreement with the experimental result. The results obtained by numerical analysis and experimental tests are compared to analytically calculated values by using shear provisions of ACI 318-14 and EN-2. Both ACI 318-14 and EN-2 are generally conservative in predicting the shear capacity of RC beams. However, the conservativeness of these codes reduced as a/d ratio of the beams increase.