Simulation CFRP jacketed reinforced concrete beam-column joints in Abaqus

In this tutorial simulation CFRP jacketed reinforced concrete beam-column joints in Abaqus has been investigated.Various types of strengthening materials such as steel plates, ferrocement, and fiber reinforced polymers are available in the construction industry to be used for jacketing of the affected components, the most common being steel jackets.These types of jackets increase the weight and dimensions of the structural elements. A few attempts have been made for the use of corrugated or plain steel plates as jacketing material in concrete frames. FRP based strengthening has be-come attractive as compared to others due to its light weight, high strength and stiffness, corrosion resistance, easier implementation, excellent fatigue etc. and is an attractive alternative to restore the joints to their desired capacity.

The beam and concrete column are modeled as three dimensional part with CDP material behavior ,beams are modeled as wire part with steel material and CFRP sheets are modeled as shell part with Hashin’s damage criterion. You can see figures about the assembled parts at below

General static step has been used to model the static loading conditions. The contact between CFRP sheets and concrete structure are considered as perfect contact and beam parts are embedded inside the concrete .Mesh quality has a significant effect over the result.After the simulation tensile damage,maximum deflection,CFRP damage and force-displacement diagram can be achievable.You can see some figures of the simulation at below

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