Deformable Polyurethane Joints and Fibre Grids for Resilient Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Orthoblock Brick Infills
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Setup
2.1. Materials
2.2. The Structure
2.3. Testing Facility and Equipment
2.4. Instrumentation
2.5. Applied Testing Methodology
2.6. Seismic Loading
2.7. Experimental Program
3. Test Results
3.1. Infills of Type B Tested In-Plane
3.2. Infills of Type C Tested In-Plane
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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PHASE 1/Infills B In-Plane | PHASE 2/Infills B_FRPU In-Plane (After Emergency Repair) | PHASE 3/Infills B_FRPU Out-Of-Plane (After Specimen Rotation) | |
---|---|---|---|
INTENSITY | 3% KEF-1 (0.06 g) | 6% KEF-2 (0.12 g) | 6% KEF-3 (0.12 g) |
6% KEF-1 (0.12 g) | 11% KEF-2 (0.24 g) | 10% KEF-3 (0.22 g) | |
11% KEF-1 (0.23g) | 18% KEF-2 (0.39 g) | 16% KEF-3 (0.35 g) | |
25% KEF-1 (0.53g) | – | ||
38% KEF-1 (0.80g) | |||
55% KEF-1 (1.16g) | |||
72% KEF-1 (1.54g) | |||
74% KEF-1 (1.57g) | |||
69% KEF-1 (1.47g) | |||
77% KEF-1 (1.64g) |
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Rousakis, T.; Ilki, A.; Kwiecien, A.; Viskovic, A.; Gams, M.; Triller, P.; Ghiassi, B.; Benedetti, A.; Rakicevic, Z.; Colla, C.; Halici, O.F.; Zając, B.; Hojdys, Ł.; Krajewski, P.; Rizzo, F.; Vanian, V.; Sapalidis, A.; Papadouli, E.; Bogdanovic, A. Deformable Polyurethane Joints and Fibre Grids for Resilient Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Orthoblock Brick Infills. Polymers 2020, 12, 2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122869
Rousakis T, Ilki A, Kwiecien A, Viskovic A, Gams M, Triller P, Ghiassi B, Benedetti A, Rakicevic Z, Colla C, Halici OF, Zając B, Hojdys Ł, Krajewski P, Rizzo F, Vanian V, Sapalidis A, Papadouli E, Bogdanovic A. Deformable Polyurethane Joints and Fibre Grids for Resilient Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Orthoblock Brick Infills. Polymers. 2020; 12(12):2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122869
Chicago/Turabian StyleRousakis, Theodoros, Alper Ilki, Arkadiusz Kwiecien, Alberto Viskovic, Matija Gams, Petra Triller, Bahman Ghiassi, Andrea Benedetti, Zoran Rakicevic, Camilla Colla, Omer Faruk Halici, Bogusław Zając, Łukasz Hojdys, Piotr Krajewski, Fabio Rizzo, Vachan Vanian, Anastasios Sapalidis, Efthimia Papadouli, and Aleksandra Bogdanovic. 2020. "Deformable Polyurethane Joints and Fibre Grids for Resilient Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Orthoblock Brick Infills" Polymers 12, no. 12: 2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122869