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Parametric numerical study on the seismic performance of GFRP-reinforced shear walls

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2022

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Shear walls
Seismic response
GFRP
reinforced concrete
Parametric numerical study on the seismic performance of GFRP-reinforced shear walls
2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering: Recent Applications and Future Challenges
Structural and Construction Engineering

Abstract

Shear walls reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) are a corrosion-free lateral resisting system transparent to magnetic fields and radio frequencies and nonconductive thermally and electrically. Recently, limited research has demonstrated an acceptable seismic response of GFRP reinforced shear walls. However, significant research is still required to fully understand their behavior and implement such elements in construction. The present numerical study addresses the effect of different parameters on the seismic response of GFRP-reinforced shear walls. A numerical macro-model is developed using OpenSees to simulate the in-plane response of flexure-dominated reinforced RC shear walls with boundary elements. The model was validated against experimentally tested walls from the literature. A numerical study is performed on eight flexure-dominated shear walls to evaluate the influence of different design parameters on the inelastic behavior under quasi-static fully reversed cyclic loading. The investigated parameters are transverse hoop spacing, vertical reinforcement in the boundary element, and GFRP vs. steel reinforcement. The influence of the design parameters on the hysteretic response, stiffness degradation, and effective stiffness was investigated to evaluate the enhancement in the seismic performance.

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Structural and Construction Engineering

Keywords

Shear walls, Seismic response, GFRP, reinforced concrete

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hassanein

Affiliation

Postdoctoral fellow Sherbrooke

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ICCE2021 Vol. 2

Issue Date

1 Jan 2021

Publish Date

4 Feb 2022

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https://icce2021.conferences.ekb.eg/article_1237.html

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46

Publication Type

Conference

Publication Title

2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering: Recent Applications and Future Challenges

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https://icce2021.conferences.ekb.eg/

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Article

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en

Created At

13 Dec 2022