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Stress-Strain Behavior of Concrete Confinad Overlapping Hoops at Low and High Strain Rates

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Stress-Strain Behavior of Concrete Confinad Overlapping Hoops at Low and High Strain Rates

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ACI JOURNAL TECHNICAL PAPEA

Title no. 79-2

Stress-Strain Behavior of Concrete Confinad by Overlapping


Hoops at Low and High Strain Rates

by B. D. Scott, R. Park, and M. J. N. Priestley

An experimental investigation into the behavior of short reinforced that provided by uniform lateral pressure. The concrete
concrete columns is described. Twenty-five concrete units, each 450 cover (outside the reinforcement) will crack longitudi-
mm (17.7 in.) square by 1200 mm (47.2 in.) high, containing either
nally and separate from the concrete core at compres-
8 or 12 longitudinal steel bars and different arrangements of square
or octagonal steel hoops, were subjected to concentric or eccentric sive strains in the order of 0.004 or higher and hence
loads to failure at different strain rates. Results presented include cannot be relied on to carry stress at high strains.
an assessment of the effect of eccentricity of load, strain rate, Early research on confined concrete, leading to em-
amount and distribution of longitudinal steel, and amount and dis- pirical stress-strain relations, was generally on small
tribution of transverse steeJ. A stress-strain curve for concrete con-
scale concentrically loaded specimens, often without
fined by hoop reinforcement and loaded ata high strain rate (com-
parable with seismic loading) is proposed and compared with an concrete cover. The loading was generally applied con-
existing curve based on previous tests conducted at low strain rates. centrically and at low strain rates. Behavior under
The available ultimate compressive strain for concrete confined by these conditions has been used to predict behavior of
hoop reinforcement is also discussed. full-scale members under seismic conditions which are
Keywords: columns (supports); compressive strength; confined concrete; de- characterized by high strain rates, repeated load ap-
formation; eccentric loads; failure; hoops; loads (forces); reinforced concrete; plications, and eccentricity of loading. Recent tests
reinforcing steels; strains; stresses; stress-strain relationships; tests.
conducted by Kaar, Fiorato, Carpenter, and Corley
Flexural strength calculatíons for reinforced concrete' (1978); 3 Vellanas, Bertero, and Popov (1977);• and
members are generally conducted assuming an extreme Sheikh and Uzumeri (1979)' have involved more real-
fiber concrete compressive strain of 0.003 and a con- istically sized specimens of confined concrete, but the
crete compressive stress block based on the concrete tests have not been conducted under high strain rates
stress-strain curve up to that strain.' However, under representative of seismic conditions.
seismic loading high ductilities are often demanded of At present, the recommendations made by the seis-
members, requiring an ultimate concrete compressive mic design codes of various countries show vast dif-
strain of much greater than 0.003. This is particularly ferences in the quantity of transverse reinforcement
the case for columns with high axial load levels, where required for ductility in the potential plastic hinge re-
the available section ductility is very much dependent gions of columns and piers. Park and Priestley' com-
on the shape of the stress-strain relation of the concrete pared the different requirements of various U.S., Jap-
at high compressive strains. It is well known that the anese, and New Zealand codes in this respect and it is
ability of concrete to carry significant stress at high evident that the required quantity of transverse rein-
strains can be improved by providing arrangements of forcement is still a matter of sorne controversy. Recent
transverse and longitudinal reinforcement which effec- tests conducted at the University of Canterbury*' on
tively confine the cor e concrete, 2 increasing both the nearly full size reinforced concrete columns, containing
compressive strength and ultimate strain. At stresses either spiral or rectangular hoop reinforcement and
approaching the uniaxial compressive strength fe', the subjected to slow cyclic loading, have shown that the
transverse strains become very high because of the pro-
gressive internal cracking, and the concrete bears out
*Park, R.; Priestley, M. J. N.; and Gill, W. D., "Ductility of Square
against the reinforcement. 2 The confinement of the Confined Reinforced Concrete Columns," accepted by the Structural Divi-
concrete is provided by arching between adjacent sion, American Society of Civil Engineers, in press.
Received May 4, 1981, and reviewed under lnstitute publication policies.
transverse bars and also to sorne extent by arching be- Copyright© 1982, American Concrete lnstitute. Ali rights reserved, including
tween adjacent vertical bars. If the bars are close the making of copies unless permission is obtained from the copyright pro-
prietors. Pertinent discussion will be published in the November-December
enough, the confinement of the concrete can approach 1982 ACI JouRNAL if received by Aug. 1, 1982. 002-8061/82/010013-15 $2.50.

ACI JOURNAL I January-February 1982 13

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