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Shear behaviour of seawater sea-sand coral aggregate concrete beams reinforced with FRP strip stirrups

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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 290, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116332

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Seawater sea-sand coral aggregate concrete (SSCAC); Beam; Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP); Strip stirrup; Shear behavior

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The use of locally available seawater, sea sand, and coral aggregate can shorten construction time and address the shortage of river sand and natural gravel resources for concrete preparation in remote islands or reefs. This study experimentally investigated the shear behavior of seawater sea-sand coral aggregate concrete (SSCAC) beams reinforced with non-corrosive carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strip stirrups. The findings revealed that SSCAC beams reinforced with CFRP exhibited a brittle shear failure mode and had approximately 10% lower shear strength compared to natural aggregate concrete (NAC) beams.
The preparation of concrete for remote islands or reefs using locally available seawater, sea sand, and coral aggregate can greatly shorten the construction period and mitigate the shortage of river sand and natural gravel resources. This study is the first to experimentally investigate the shear behaviour of seawater sea-sand coral aggregate concrete (SSCAC) beams reinforced with non-corrosive carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strip stirrups. The test parameters included concrete strength, concrete type, and stirrup configuration. The experi-mental results suggested that CFRP-reinforced SSCAC beams exhibited a brittle shear failure mode because of the sudden CFRP rupture at the bend portions. The ratio of the measured maximum strain to the ultimate tensile strain of the CFRP strip stirrups varied from 36.6% to 47.8%. The critical diagonal shear cracks of SSCAC beams directly penetrated through the coral aggregates and split the aggregates, whereas those in the natural aggregate concrete (NAC) beams bypassed the natural gravel. In this regard, the SSCAC beams exhibited approximately 10% lower shear strength than their NAC counterparts owing to the loss of the aggregate interlocking effect after the occurrence of smooth diagonal shear cracks. The higher the strength grade of SSCAC, the greater the shear strength and service load.

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