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Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions

This work presents an experimental investigation on the seismic performance of bridge piers constructed with polypropylene fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composite (PP-ECC) at potential plastic hinge regions. Eight solid square bridge piers are tested under a combination of reversed cyclic...

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Autores principales: Jia, Yi, Zhao, Renda, Li, Fuhai, Zhou, Zhidong, Wang, Yongbao, Zhan, Yulin, Shi, Xianming
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13081865
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author Jia, Yi
Zhao, Renda
Li, Fuhai
Zhou, Zhidong
Wang, Yongbao
Zhan, Yulin
Shi, Xianming
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Zhao, Renda
Li, Fuhai
Zhou, Zhidong
Wang, Yongbao
Zhan, Yulin
Shi, Xianming
author_sort Jia, Yi
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description This work presents an experimental investigation on the seismic performance of bridge piers constructed with polypropylene fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composite (PP-ECC) at potential plastic hinge regions. Eight solid square bridge piers are tested under a combination of reversed cyclic lateral loading and constant axial vertical loading. The test variables include the reinforcement stirrup ratio (0 vol.%, 0.46 vol.%, and 0.79 vol.%), axial compression ratio (0.1 and 0.3) and height of the PP-ECC regions (0, 250, and 500 mm). Seismic performance of eight specimens is presented and interpreted, including the failure mode, hysteretic curves, loading–resistance capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, energy dissipation, and equivalent viscous damping ratio. The material test on the PP-ECC plate specimen suggests that the PP-ECC has obvious strain-hardening behavior and multiple fine-cracking characteristics, with the tensile strength and strain capacity greater than 3.2 MPa and 2.6%, respectively. The PP-ECC material applied at the potential plastic hinge regions notably improves the seismic performance and damage tolerance of bridge piers. The influence of the aforementioned crucial parameters has also been investigated in detail. The axial compression ratio and the height of PP-ECC region have a major influence on the seismic performance of PP-ECC piers. In comparison, the stirrup ratio has a limited effect on the seismic behavior of PP-ECC piers. The experimental findings shed light on the mechanism of the PP-ECC that contributes to the seismic performance of bridge piers and provide some valuable guidance in the seismic design of PP-ECC piers.
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spelling pubmed-72154432020-05-22 Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions Jia, Yi Zhao, Renda Li, Fuhai Zhou, Zhidong Wang, Yongbao Zhan, Yulin Shi, Xianming Materials (Basel) Article This work presents an experimental investigation on the seismic performance of bridge piers constructed with polypropylene fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composite (PP-ECC) at potential plastic hinge regions. Eight solid square bridge piers are tested under a combination of reversed cyclic lateral loading and constant axial vertical loading. The test variables include the reinforcement stirrup ratio (0 vol.%, 0.46 vol.%, and 0.79 vol.%), axial compression ratio (0.1 and 0.3) and height of the PP-ECC regions (0, 250, and 500 mm). Seismic performance of eight specimens is presented and interpreted, including the failure mode, hysteretic curves, loading–resistance capacity, ductility, stiffness degradation, energy dissipation, and equivalent viscous damping ratio. The material test on the PP-ECC plate specimen suggests that the PP-ECC has obvious strain-hardening behavior and multiple fine-cracking characteristics, with the tensile strength and strain capacity greater than 3.2 MPa and 2.6%, respectively. The PP-ECC material applied at the potential plastic hinge regions notably improves the seismic performance and damage tolerance of bridge piers. The influence of the aforementioned crucial parameters has also been investigated in detail. The axial compression ratio and the height of PP-ECC region have a major influence on the seismic performance of PP-ECC piers. In comparison, the stirrup ratio has a limited effect on the seismic behavior of PP-ECC piers. The experimental findings shed light on the mechanism of the PP-ECC that contributes to the seismic performance of bridge piers and provide some valuable guidance in the seismic design of PP-ECC piers. MDPI 2020-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7215443/ /pubmed/32316124 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13081865 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Jia, Yi
Zhao, Renda
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Zhou, Zhidong
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Zhan, Yulin
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Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title_full Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title_fullStr Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title_full_unstemmed Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title_short Seismic Performance of Bridge Piers Constructed with PP-ECC at Potential Plastic Hinge Regions
title_sort seismic performance of bridge piers constructed with pp-ecc at potential plastic hinge regions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13081865
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