TY - JOUR
T1 - Flexural behavior of external beam-column reinforced concrete assemblages externally strengthened with steel cages
AU - Failla, Andrea
AU - Campione, Giuseppe
AU - Cavaleri, Liborio
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In this paper, an experimental study referring to the flexural behavior of full-scale external beam-column joints externally strengthened with steel angles and strips and subjected to cyclic reversal loading is presented. One control specimen and five other specimens having the same characteristics as the control specimen but strengthened with steel angles and strips along beams and columns, and characterized by different configurations of strengthening in the critical regions, were tested. The control specimen was designed with a weak column and strong beam to reproduce the most common cases of old frame structures in the Mediterranean area, which were designed only for gravity loads and are in need of retrofitting to seismic standards. A detailed discussion of the strengthening technique used and of the mechanical properties of the specimens studied under cyclic loading is presented. It is highlighted that, referring to the case of external beam-column assemblages that are not yet extensively studied in the literature, the steel cage is an effective reinforcing technique to increase the flexural and shear strength of beams and columns, also increasing the energy capacity dissipation and reducing the stiffness degradation.
AB - In this paper, an experimental study referring to the flexural behavior of full-scale external beam-column joints externally strengthened with steel angles and strips and subjected to cyclic reversal loading is presented. One control specimen and five other specimens having the same characteristics as the control specimen but strengthened with steel angles and strips along beams and columns, and characterized by different configurations of strengthening in the critical regions, were tested. The control specimen was designed with a weak column and strong beam to reproduce the most common cases of old frame structures in the Mediterranean area, which were designed only for gravity loads and are in need of retrofitting to seismic standards. A detailed discussion of the strengthening technique used and of the mechanical properties of the specimens studied under cyclic loading is presented. It is highlighted that, referring to the case of external beam-column assemblages that are not yet extensively studied in the literature, the steel cage is an effective reinforcing technique to increase the flexural and shear strength of beams and columns, also increasing the energy capacity dissipation and reducing the stiffness degradation.
KW - Beam-column assemblage
KW - Building and Construction
KW - Civil and Structural Engineering
KW - Cyclic action
KW - Failure modes
KW - Load-deflection curves
KW - Steel angles
KW - Strips
KW - Beam-column assemblage
KW - Building and Construction
KW - Civil and Structural Engineering
KW - Cyclic action
KW - Failure modes
KW - Load-deflection curves
KW - Steel angles
KW - Strips
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/222474
UR - https://www.concrete.org/publications/internationalconcreteabstractsportal.aspx?m=details&ID=51689014
M3 - Article
VL - 113
SP - 883
EP - 894
JO - ACI Structural Journal
JF - ACI Structural Journal
SN - 0889-3241
ER -