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    The effect of transverse steel and FRP jacket confinement on mechanical properties of concrete cylinders: An experimental study

    , Article ISEC 2011 - 6th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: Modern Methods and Advances in Structural Engineering and Construction ; 2011 , Pages 827-832 ; 9789810879204 (ISBN) Khaloo, A. R ; Javid, Y ; Khosravi, H ; Yazdani S ; Cheung S. O ; Singh A ; Ghafoori N ; American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ); Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB); et al.; University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), College of Engineering; Wayne State College of Engineering ; Sharif University of Technology
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    This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the behavior of concrete cylinders externally wrapped with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and internally reinforced with steel spirals. The experimental work was performed by testing 30 concrete cylinders (120 × 400mm2) subjected to pure compression to achieve the complete stress-strain curve. Test specimens were confined with various internal and external confinement ratios and different types of confining material such as steel, Carbon FRP (CFRP) and Glass FRP (GFRP). The compressive strength, corresponding strain and the complete stress-strain curve of the tested specimenswere indicated. The test results showthat the... 

    A data mining approach to compressive strength of CFRP-confined concrete cylinders

    , Article Structural Engineering and Mechanics ; Volume 36, Issue 6 , Dec , 2010 , Pages 759-783 ; 12254568 (ISSN) Mousavi, S. M ; Alavi, A. H ; Gandomi, A. H ; Arab Esmaeili, M ; Gandomi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
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    In this paper, compressive strength of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) confined concrete cylinders is formulated using a hybrid method coupling genetic programming (GP) and simulated annealing (SA), called GP/SA, and a robust variant of GP, namely multi expression programming (MEP). Straightforward GP/SA and MEP-based prediction equations are derived for the compressive strength of CFRP-wrapped concrete cylinders. The models are constructed using two sets of predictor variables. The first set comprises diameter of concrete cylinder, unconfined concrete strength, tensile strength of CFRP laminate, and total thickness of CFRP layer. The most widely used parameters of unconfined concrete...