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Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells
Precast beam–column connections act as vital elements of precast concrete frames. To enhance the resistance to the earthquake-induced damage and environment-induced deterioration of precast beam–column connections, an innovative precast concrete beam-to-column connection locally enhanced by prefabri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9228349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15124066 |
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author | Tang, Lei Tian, Wenhua Guan, Dongzhi Chen, Zixuan |
author_facet | Tang, Lei Tian, Wenhua Guan, Dongzhi Chen, Zixuan |
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description | Precast beam–column connections act as vital elements of precast concrete frames. To enhance the resistance to the earthquake-induced damage and environment-induced deterioration of precast beam–column connections, an innovative precast concrete beam-to-column connection locally enhanced by prefabricated ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) shells was proposed. For studying the seismic behaviors of these novel connections and the influence caused by the prefabricated UHPC shell length, full-scale precast specimens were experimentally investigated using low-cyclic reversed loading tests. The obtained results were analyzed and discussed, including hysteresis curves, skeleton curves, strength and deformability, performance degradation, energy dissipation capacities, and plastic hinge length. The results reveal that the novel precast concrete beam–column connections with UHPC shells behaved satisfactorily under seismic loadings. The damage in the concrete near the lower part of the beam end is reduced by the prefabricated UHPC shells. The longer prefabricated UHPC shells were more useful for decreasing the damage to the precast concrete components and improved the structural performance. The precast specimen with 600-mm long UHPC shells can achieve a ductility of 4.87 and 4.0% higher strength than the monolithic reference specimen. |
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spelling | pubmed-92283492022-06-25 Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells Tang, Lei Tian, Wenhua Guan, Dongzhi Chen, Zixuan Materials (Basel) Article Precast beam–column connections act as vital elements of precast concrete frames. To enhance the resistance to the earthquake-induced damage and environment-induced deterioration of precast beam–column connections, an innovative precast concrete beam-to-column connection locally enhanced by prefabricated ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) shells was proposed. For studying the seismic behaviors of these novel connections and the influence caused by the prefabricated UHPC shell length, full-scale precast specimens were experimentally investigated using low-cyclic reversed loading tests. The obtained results were analyzed and discussed, including hysteresis curves, skeleton curves, strength and deformability, performance degradation, energy dissipation capacities, and plastic hinge length. The results reveal that the novel precast concrete beam–column connections with UHPC shells behaved satisfactorily under seismic loadings. The damage in the concrete near the lower part of the beam end is reduced by the prefabricated UHPC shells. The longer prefabricated UHPC shells were more useful for decreasing the damage to the precast concrete components and improved the structural performance. The precast specimen with 600-mm long UHPC shells can achieve a ductility of 4.87 and 4.0% higher strength than the monolithic reference specimen. MDPI 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9228349/ /pubmed/35744125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15124066 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tang, Lei Tian, Wenhua Guan, Dongzhi Chen, Zixuan Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title | Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title_full | Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title_fullStr | Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title_short | Experimental Study of Emulative Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Locally Reinforced by U-Shaped UHPC Shells |
title_sort | experimental study of emulative precast concrete beam-to-column connections locally reinforced by u-shaped uhpc shells |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9228349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15124066 |
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