Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression

Under complex seismic forces, the failure characteristics of the plastic hinge region at the bottom of the pier column and the methods improving the ductility have attracted extensive attention. In this study, steel fiber-reinforced concrete with fine aggregate (SFRC-FA) was applied to locally repla...

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Main Authors: Jiyang Wang, Yongjun Wang, Chenglin Wan, Rongda Chen, Chengbin Liu, Zhihua Hu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8882573
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author Jiyang Wang
Yongjun Wang
Chenglin Wan
Rongda Chen
Chengbin Liu
Zhihua Hu
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Chenglin Wan
Rongda Chen
Chengbin Liu
Zhihua Hu
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description Under complex seismic forces, the failure characteristics of the plastic hinge region at the bottom of the pier column and the methods improving the ductility have attracted extensive attention. In this study, steel fiber-reinforced concrete with fine aggregate (SFRC-FA) was applied to locally replace the conventional concrete in the potential plastic hinge region at the bottom of the pier column. Five SFRC-FA pier column specimens with different stirrup ratios and different replacement lengths and one conventional reinforced concrete pier column specimen were produced. Using the seismic behavior tests under the combined bending-shear-torsion-axial force, the failure mode, torsional bearing capacity, energy dissipation, and the torsional plastic hinges of the pier columns were investigated. In addition, an equation for calculating the torsional bearing capacity of the new composite pier columns was proposed. The results showed that (1) compared with the reinforced concrete pier column, the plastic hinge was shifted from the bottom of the pier column to the middle of the height of the pier column due to the application of SFRC-FA at the bottom of the pier column, which improved the torsional bearing capacity; (2) the effect of reducing the stirrup ratio of the SFRC-FA replacement region on the torsional bearing capacity, cracking mode, energy dissipation, and ductility was not obvious; (3) the accuracy of the new equation based on the space truss model proposed in this article was verified by comparison with the experiments of this study and other researches.
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spelling doaj-art-201191a1a6d94602b6b47ab65d12a0ff2025-08-20T03:54:52ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422021-01-01202110.1155/2021/88825738882573Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial CompressionJiyang Wang0Yongjun Wang1Chenglin Wan2Rongda Chen3Chengbin Liu4Zhihua Hu5College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaUnder complex seismic forces, the failure characteristics of the plastic hinge region at the bottom of the pier column and the methods improving the ductility have attracted extensive attention. In this study, steel fiber-reinforced concrete with fine aggregate (SFRC-FA) was applied to locally replace the conventional concrete in the potential plastic hinge region at the bottom of the pier column. Five SFRC-FA pier column specimens with different stirrup ratios and different replacement lengths and one conventional reinforced concrete pier column specimen were produced. Using the seismic behavior tests under the combined bending-shear-torsion-axial force, the failure mode, torsional bearing capacity, energy dissipation, and the torsional plastic hinges of the pier columns were investigated. In addition, an equation for calculating the torsional bearing capacity of the new composite pier columns was proposed. The results showed that (1) compared with the reinforced concrete pier column, the plastic hinge was shifted from the bottom of the pier column to the middle of the height of the pier column due to the application of SFRC-FA at the bottom of the pier column, which improved the torsional bearing capacity; (2) the effect of reducing the stirrup ratio of the SFRC-FA replacement region on the torsional bearing capacity, cracking mode, energy dissipation, and ductility was not obvious; (3) the accuracy of the new equation based on the space truss model proposed in this article was verified by comparison with the experiments of this study and other researches.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8882573
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Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
title Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
title_full Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
title_fullStr Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
title_full_unstemmed Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
title_short Seismic Behavior of RC Bridge Piers Locally Replaced with SFRC-FA Subjected to Torsion Combined with Axial Compression
title_sort seismic behavior of rc bridge piers locally replaced with sfrc fa subjected to torsion combined with axial compression
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8882573
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