{"title":"The Influence of UHPFRC Jacket Steel Fiber Content on Strengthening Damaged Columns","authors":"Hasan A. Alasmari","doi":"10.48084/etasr.6292","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Steel fiber is a commonly used material to repair damaged concrete, caused by environmental or design issues. This study used various Micro-copper-coated Steel Fiber (MSF) content (0.0, 0.5, 2.0, and 2.5%) with varying aspect ratios (28, 37, and 45) as part of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) mixtures to repair damaged concrete columns using a 30 mm layer jacketing. Twelve columns were prepared and tested at first by loading them with roughly 90% of their ultimate axial load capacity. Damage was caused and the columns were subsequently strengthened and rebuilt using UHPFRC mixtures in 30-mm layer jacketing for a second test, to determine the effect of UHPFRC and MSF content on damaged and reinforced columns. The test results showed that the concrete properties improved as the MSF content increased to 2.0% of the volume fraction, beyond which there was a slight reduction. Additionally, the UHPFRC-strengthened columns with and without MSFs experienced higher load capacities than the corresponding unstrengthened. On the contrary, using 2.5% MSF in the UHPFRC decreased the loading capacity by 14% compared to the UHPFRC with 2.0% MSF. The strengthened column with 2.0% MSF content showed the highest load efficiency (165.7% compared to unstrengthened), along with substantial displacement and ductility.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.6292","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Steel fiber is a commonly used material to repair damaged concrete, caused by environmental or design issues. This study used various Micro-copper-coated Steel Fiber (MSF) content (0.0, 0.5, 2.0, and 2.5%) with varying aspect ratios (28, 37, and 45) as part of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) mixtures to repair damaged concrete columns using a 30 mm layer jacketing. Twelve columns were prepared and tested at first by loading them with roughly 90% of their ultimate axial load capacity. Damage was caused and the columns were subsequently strengthened and rebuilt using UHPFRC mixtures in 30-mm layer jacketing for a second test, to determine the effect of UHPFRC and MSF content on damaged and reinforced columns. The test results showed that the concrete properties improved as the MSF content increased to 2.0% of the volume fraction, beyond which there was a slight reduction. Additionally, the UHPFRC-strengthened columns with and without MSFs experienced higher load capacities than the corresponding unstrengthened. On the contrary, using 2.5% MSF in the UHPFRC decreased the loading capacity by 14% compared to the UHPFRC with 2.0% MSF. The strengthened column with 2.0% MSF content showed the highest load efficiency (165.7% compared to unstrengthened), along with substantial displacement and ductility.
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