Title:
Confinement of Concrete Columns with SRG
Author(s):
Christian Carloni, Mattia Santandrea, Imohamed Ali Omar Imohamed, Lesley H. Sneed
Publication:
Symposium Paper
Volume:
324
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
8.1-8.12
Keywords:
Composites, Concrete, Steel reinforced grout, Confinement.
DOI:
10.14359/51702360
Date:
4/1/2018
Abstract:
In this study, the behavior of concrete compressive members confined by steel reinforced grout (SRG) is
investigated. An experimental study was carried out to understand the behavior of short concrete prisms with a square
cross-section confined by SRG subjected to a monotonic concentric compressive load. Test parameters considered in
this study are the density of steel fibers, number of layers, corner condition, number of overlapping faces, and length
of the reinforcement. The effectiveness of the confinement is evaluated in terms of peak stress with respect to
unconfined prisms. SRG confinement is shown to improve the compressive strength of concrete prisms relative to the
unconfined condition. An increase in the number of confinement layers results in an increase in the compressive
strength and energy absorption.
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