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Advanced Design & Behavior of Concrete Structures

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2024) | Viewed by 14869

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Fadzli Mohamed Nazri

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School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal 14300, Penang, Malaysia
Interests: earthquake engineering; structural engineering; numerical simulation/modeling; infrastructure engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Concrete structures are regarded as the backbone of building a sustainable society, especially when facing natural- and human-caused disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, fire, or blast incidents. This is considered a trending topic in the natural hazard and risk field, and it is critical for protecting human lives and minimizing economic losses. Due to these facts, researchers are working on improving new building components and construction techniques that are being established through innovative computational models, experimental approaches, and disaster prevention and mitigation techniques for various engineering concrete structures such as bridges, buildings, retaining walls, tunnels, dams, and other types.

Moreover, this Special Issue tackles the behavior of concrete structures subjected to dynamic loads due to earthquakes and vibration, a thermal effect due to fire, and blast and fragment impacts that can affect concrete structures that follow different structural systems, including load-bearing, framed, truss, shell, and mass structures. 

This Special Issue serves all researchers, practitioners, and professionals in different engineering, design, and technology sectors. The Special Issue aims to expand the boundaries of knowledge in these fields and provide an international forum for the interchange of information on “Advanced Design and Behavior of Concrete Structures” from around the world.

This Special Issue encompasses fully refereed papers on the practice and progress in the stated fields, in-depth case research papers, project and case study reviews, and discussions on research, innovation, and strategies.

This Special Issue plans to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of “Advanced Design and Behavior of Concrete Structures” and their applications in various areas, where the following topics are suggested, but submitted papers do not have to be limited to these subjects:

  • Design strategies;
  • Alternative and new technologies;
  • Design, implement, and practice innovation;
  • Experimental and computational simulation of dynamic effects on structures;
  • Code requirements, development, and evaluation;
  • Advanced experimental techniques for concrete; 
  • Advanced modeling technologies for concrete structures;
  • Static and dynamic;
  • Concrete structures under loading and extreme environmental conditions.

Dr. Fadzli Mohamed Nazri
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • dynamic behavior
  • earthquake engineering
  • fire engineering
  • blast and impact load
  • concrete structure
  • advanced design
  • serviceability
  • shell structure

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Structural Behavior of Circular Concrete Columns Reinforced with Longitudinal GFRP Rebars under Axial Load
by Seyed Fathollah Sajedi, Iman Saffarian, Masoud Pourbaba and Jung Heum Yeon
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 988; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14040988 - 2 Apr 2024
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This paper presents experimental and theoretical assessments of the structural behavior of circular steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) columns reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars subjected to a concentric axial compressive load. Laboratory experiments were planned to evaluate and compare the effect of [...] Read more.
This paper presents experimental and theoretical assessments of the structural behavior of circular steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) columns reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars subjected to a concentric axial compressive load. Laboratory experiments were planned to evaluate and compare the effect of different design parameters on the structural behavior of column specimens based on experiments and finite element (FE) analysis. The experimental variables were (i) concrete types, i.e., conventional concrete (CC) and fiber-reinforced concrete (FC), (ii) longitudinal reinforcement types, i.e., steel and GFRP bars, and (iii) transverse rebar configurations, i.e., tied and spiral with different pitches. Sixteen column specimens were fabricated and categorized into four groups with respect to rebar configurations and concrete types. The results showed that the failure modes and cracking patterns of those four column groups were comparable, particularly in the pre-peak branches of load-deflection curves. Even though the average ultimate load of the columns with longitudinal GFRP bars was 17.9% less than that with longitudinal steel bars, the ductility index (DI) was 10.2% greater than their counterpart on average. The addition of steel fibers (SF) to concrete increased the axial peak load by up to 3.1% and the DI by up to 6.6% compared to their counterpart CC columns without SFs. The DI of specimens was increased by higher volumetric ratios (up to 12%) and spiral types (up to 5.5%). The concrete damage plastic (CDP) model for FC columns was updated in the finite element software ABAQUS 6.14. Finally, a new simple equation was theoretically proposed to predict the axial capacity of specimens by considering the inclusion of longitudinal GFRP rebars, volumetric ratio, and steel spiral/hoop ties. Good agreement between the proposed model predictions and the experimental/numerical results was observed. Full article
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Calibration of Equivalent Viscous Damping Expressions for Displacement-Based Design and Application to RC Frames
by Luca Landi, Cristiano Benfenati, Said Quqa, Giacomo Bernagozzi and Pier Paolo Diotallevi
Buildings 2024, 14(3), 738; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030738 - 8 Mar 2024
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Equivalent viscous damping plays a central role in displacement-based design procedures. In this paper, approaches for estimating the equivalent viscous damping of RC frame buildings are proposed. At first, the analytical formulation of Blandon and Priestley was analysed, and then a calibration of [...] Read more.
Equivalent viscous damping plays a central role in displacement-based design procedures. In this paper, approaches for estimating the equivalent viscous damping of RC frame buildings are proposed. At first, the analytical formulation of Blandon and Priestley was analysed, and then a calibration of the coefficients of this formulation was performed. Compared with the work of Blandon and Priestley, a larger set of synthetic accelerograms, related to different types of soil and different intensities, and a wider range of the effective periods were considered. In particular, two different sets of parameters are proposed: the first is usable in the case of spectra obtained numerically (approach 1), and the second is usable in the case of code-based spectra and damping modification factor (approach 2). To test the performed calibration and to compare the considered formulations (i.e., the proposed and literature equations), the direct displacement-based design procedure has been applied to three case studies of reinforced concrete frame structures, and then pushover and nonlinear time-history analyses have been performed. The results show that the use of the calibrated parameters (for both the considered approaches) has determined more conservative results, in terms of design base shear and maximum drift from NLTH. Moreover, the average displacement profiles and the inter-storey drifts obtained from time-history analyses for the frames designed with the calibrated parameters match better the design profile. Full article
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Experimental and Computational Research on the Shear Performance of Partially Filled Narrow-Width Steel Box-UHPC-Combined Girders under Negative Moment Action
by Shuai Liu, Bohan Wang, Yan Zheng, Shixu Mo, Qiyu Zhang and Peixuan Zhou
Buildings 2023, 13(11), 2749; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13112749 - 31 Oct 2023
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To examine the vertical shear behavior of narrow-width steel box-UHPC (Ultra-High Performance Concrete) composite beams with partial filling under negative bending moments, a total of six test beams were created and constructed in this study. The variables considered during the design and fabrication [...] Read more.
To examine the vertical shear behavior of narrow-width steel box-UHPC (Ultra-High Performance Concrete) composite beams with partial filling under negative bending moments, a total of six test beams were created and constructed in this study. The variables considered during the design and fabrication process included the flange thickness of UHPC, the amount of steel fibers in UHPC, and the height of the concrete filling. Reverse static concentration loading was applied to the beams. Compared to the C40 concrete flange, the cracking load of the 1/2 plate thickness UHPC flange and pure UHPC flange increased by 55.6% and 66.7%, respectively. The yield load witnessed a rise of 17.3% and 22.7%, while the ultimate load experienced an increase of 7% and 13.1%. This suggests that incorporating steel fibers can regulate the formation of cracks, enhance the flexibility of the flanges, and improve the overall shear capacity of the composite beams. When steel fibers were used in the amount of 2% of the concrete volume, the cracking resistance of the flange plate was increased by 16.7%. Partially filled and fully filled composite beams exhibited a 7.7% and 30.8% augmentation in cracking load, a 35.3% and 49.9% increase in yield load, and a 41% and 83.2% elevation in ultimate load when contrasted with composite beams devoid of concrete infusion within the steel box. The above observation implies that the incorporation of concrete within the steel box significantly improves the yield strength and ultimate shear capacity of the composite beams. The shear strength of the narrow-width steel box-UHPC composite beams, which are partially filled, shows a significant relationship with the experimental results when applying the principle of component superposition. Full article
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Seismic Performance of RC Moment Frame Buildings Considering SSI Effects: A Case Study of the New Venezuelan Seismic Code
by Ramón Mata, Eduardo Nuñez, Matías Hernández, Claudio Correa and Guillermo Bustamante
Buildings 2023, 13(7), 1694; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071694 - 2 Jul 2023
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The Soil–Structure Interaction (SSI) effect has been widely evidenced during several earthquakes around the world. In the Venezuelan context, the seismic event in Caracas in 1967 showed the significant consequences of designing buildings without considering the SSI effect. Nevertheless, limited research on the [...] Read more.
The Soil–Structure Interaction (SSI) effect has been widely evidenced during several earthquakes around the world. In the Venezuelan context, the seismic event in Caracas in 1967 showed the significant consequences of designing buildings without considering the SSI effect. Nevertheless, limited research on the seismic performance of concrete moment frames (commonly used as structural systems in office and residential buildings in Venezuela and Latin America) considering the SSI effects has been developed, although there have been continuous updates to the Venezuelan Seismic Code. In this research, the influence of the SSI on the seismic performance of RC moment frame buildings designed according to the New Venezuelan Seismic Code was studied. An extensive numerical study of 3D buildings using concrete moment frames supported by mat foundations on sandy and clayey soils was performed. The response spectrum method, non-linear static analysis, and non-linear dynamic analysis were used to assess the seismic response of the archetypes studied. The results show that SSI effects can have a significant impact on the seismic response of RC moment frame buildings, increasing the interstory drift ratio and decreasing the shear forces. As is shown in fragility curves, the probability of collapse increases for cases with flexible bases in comparison to the cases of models with fixed bases. Additionally, in the 24-story archetype, the fixed-base model reached a maximum probability of collapse. Finally, a new proposal for the reduction of the strength-reduction factor (R) must be incorporated into the Venezuelan Seismic Code to improve the safety of the structures. Limitations in the use of RC moment frames must be incorporated for high-rise buildings since, as the present work demonstrates, for high-period structures, the normative provisions are not reached. Full article
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Shear and Punching Capacity Predictions for One-Way Slabs under Concentrated Loads Considering the Transition between Failure Mechanisms
by Alex Micael Dantas de Sousa, Eva Olivia Leontien Lantsoght and Mounir Khalil El Debs
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020434 - 4 Feb 2023
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Reinforced concrete one-way slabs under concentrated loads can develop different shear failure mechanisms: as wide beams in one-way shear, punching shear around the load or a mixed mode between them. Until now, most publications presented recommendations to assess the shear capacity considering only [...] Read more.
Reinforced concrete one-way slabs under concentrated loads can develop different shear failure mechanisms: as wide beams in one-way shear, punching shear around the load or a mixed mode between them. Until now, most publications presented recommendations to assess the shear capacity considering only the one-way shear failure mechanism. This study proposed developing recommendations to assess both the one-way shear and punching shear capacity of such slabs. Different codes of practice were addressed, including the current Eurocode and fib Model Code 2010 expressions. The recommendations were validated against 143 test results from the literature. Following these recommendations, one-way shear and punching capacities predictions achieved enhanced and almost the same level of accuracy. Full article
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Dynamic Characteristic and Parameter Analysis of a Modular Building with Suspended Floors
by Qingguang He, Shiquan Zhang and Jiying Shang
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010007 - 20 Dec 2022
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Over the past few years, modular buildings have become an important form of environmentally friendly architecture. Prefabricated construction methods have gained a lot of attention because they produce less construction waste and require less labor and water. However, the seismic performance of modular [...] Read more.
Over the past few years, modular buildings have become an important form of environmentally friendly architecture. Prefabricated construction methods have gained a lot of attention because they produce less construction waste and require less labor and water. However, the seismic performance of modular buildings needs to be improved. This paper proposes a prefabricated steel module with a suspended floor, which is based on a multi-tuned mass damped floor system. This paper also derives the form of a motion equation which is unified with the construction process of modular buildings, which can describe the change law of the mass, stiffness, and damping matrix of the structure in the processes of connecting the main structure with the suspended floor slab and of joining different floors. Since the performances of tuned mass damping devices are closely related to the dynamic characteristics of the structure, this paper uses ABAQUS for numerical analysis and mathematical induction (MI) to propose and verify a simplified method for calculating the lateral stiffness of the entire story from a single module’s lateral stiffness. Based on the principle of reducing the stiffness difference in the structure along different directions, a standard scheme of the horizontal extension of the module building is also specified. The results show that the simplified calculation method is reasonable and that the lateral stiffness of the structure increases linearly with the number of modules. Finally, the recommended values for the tuned frequency ratio and tuned damping ratio are given by investigating the dynamic response of the structure under Gaussian white noise excitation. The results show that the recommended tuning frequency ratio and damping ratio ranges in modular buildings are close to those for FIS buildings. Full article
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