Experimental investigation of size effect on mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)confined concrete circularspecimensJikai Zhou ⇑,Fengtong Bi,Zhiqiang Wang,Jian ZhangCollege of Civil and Transportation Engineering,Hohai University,Nanjing 210098,Chinah i g h l i g h t sStrength of unconfined specimen has apparent size effect.The mechanical properties of CFRP confined concrete cylinders have size effect. A modified stress-strain model with consideration of size effect was established.a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:Received 27April 2016Received in revised form 21September 2016Accepted 6October 2016Keywords:FRP confinementConfined concrete mechanical properties Confinement ratio Stress-strain modela b s t r a c tThe mechanical properties of concrete have significant size effect.Size effect of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)confined concrete specimens should be investigated further.In this study,the uniaxial compressive tests of CFRP confined concrete cylinders in different sizes (70mm,100mm,150mm,190mm,310mm)under different confinement (CFRP of one layer,two layers and three layers)were con-ducted.Four parameters were obtained,including interception strength,uniaxial compressive strength,strain of turning point and peak strain.From the test results,it can be found that the uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined concrete cylinders has apparent size effect which accords with the Weibull size effect law.Under different ratios of CFRP confinement,the CFRP confined concrete cylinders have appar-ent size effect.The stress-strain model proposed by Lam and Teng fails to interpret how size effect acts on the mechanical properties of specimens.Thus,based on the stress-strain model proposed by Lam and Teng,a modified stress-strain model with the consideration of size effect was established.Ó2016Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.1.IntroductionFiber reinforced polymer (FRP)has excellent corrosion resis-tance and prominent tensile strength.This composite material becomes more and more popular in the field of structure strength-ening and maintenance.Some related applications in the practical engineering show that FRP confined concrete could reinforce the strength and ductil-ity [1]of plain concrete specimens.Stress-strain curve of FRP con-fined concrete [2–4]shows two phases:the initial part and the confining part (Fig.12).The initial part of the stress-strain curve indicates that the confinement of FRP at this stage has not been engaged.The confining part means the FRP confinement has been activated gradually by the expansion of confined concrete.An apparent turning point could divide the two different parts.Stress-strain curve of the FRP confined concrete at the confining part may present two main tendencies,the hardening one and the softening one.The distinction between two tendencies is the confinement degree of FRP.Wang and Wu [5]used the confine-ment ratio (FRP confining pressure to concrete compression strength)to differentiate the strengthened stage and the softened stage of stress-strain curve of the FRP confined concrete.Experimental results have shown that the mechanical properties of concrete vary with the size of specimens [6–16].The property may be called size effect.Size effect of strength is the intrinsic property of concrete.The main reason for size effect of concrete strength is the non-homogeneous internal structure character of concrete.Size effect may not only be caused by con-crete non-homogeneity but also the type of FRP,even wall effect [17].All the above factors make research conclusions discrepant.In addition,most of experiments are conducted on relatively/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.0390950-0618/Ó2016Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.⇑Corresponding author.E-mail addresses:zhoujikaihhu@ (J.Zhou),273205236@ (F.Bi),wzq1603@ (Z.Wang),286106650@ (J.Zhang).small-scale specimens,while the research on relatively large-scale specimens is limited.Size effect of strength does exist.However,there is still a debate about size effect on the strength of concrete[18].It is obviously that the research on size effect of concrete strength[18–20],espe-cially the strength of FRP confined concrete specimens is just a beginning.The size effect of concrete strength can be explained by Weibull distribution[21].Few studies introduced the applica-tion of basic theory of size effect on strength.Many stress-strain relationships of FRP confined concrete were established by a lot of researchers[22–32].In the investigation of Lam and Teng[19,22],all together seven strength models were compared and analyzed.Model of Lam and Teng has different value in k1from other models.Moreover,Lam and Teng claimed that k1may be related with diameter or ratio of the height to the diameter,this is the basic assumption about the rule of size m and Teng collected the models and selected data in detail.The data of adhesive failure and FRP tube filled with concrete were excluded.Data selected by them are effective and consistent in condition.The stress-strain model pro-posed by Lam and Teng[22]is widely accepted by many research-ers[23–31,33–39].The model has advantage in applicability, which is adopted in this paper to research the size effect factor m and Teng proposed design-oriented stress-strain model [22]for FRP confined concrete and analysis-oriented stress-strain model[19]for FRP confined m and Teng modified their design-oriented stress-strain model for FRP confined concrete a few years later[32].The modified model can precisely describe the characteristics of the descending branch of the FRP confined concrete stress-strain curve.In order to investigate the size effect on mechanical properties of CFRP confined concrete specimens,the uniaxial compression exper-iment using concrete cylinders infive different sizes under three dif-ferent CFRP confinements were conducted.A control group of unconfined concrete specimens in each size were also set.Based on the experimental data and the design-oriented stress-strain model proposed by Lam and Teng[22],a stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete considering size effect has been established.2.ExperimentsSpecimens under different confinement ratios with the same height-diameter ratio h/d=2(diameter70mm,100mm, 150mm,190mm,310mm)were used in the experiment.The CFRP confinement for specimens of each size CFRP were one layer CFRP,two layers CFRP,three layers CFRP,respectively.Also,uncon-fined specimens for each size were included.Concrete design level is C30(cylinder compressive strength). Water cement ratio is0.49and the water is205kg/m3.Cement is 32.5ordinary Portland cement with the weight of418kg/m3. Weight offine aggregate is613kg/m3.Coarse aggregate graduation varied from5mm to20mm with the weight of1164kg/m3. Moulds of specimens were made using polyvinyl chloride(PVC) tubes which have same sizes as the circular specimens.Concrete specimens cured for three weeks.A total of eight strain gages were pasted on the middle position of the specimen lateral surface.Eight strain gages were divided into four groups. Each group includes a vertical and a horizontal strain gages to obtain the vertical displacement and the horizontal displacement, respectively.Four groups of strain gages were distributed around the specimens.All the adjacent strain gages are equally-spaced. All the strain gages were sealed and insulated using silica gel. Wrapping CFRP around the specimens came after the solidification of the silica gel,as shown in Fig.1.The thickness(t)of CFRP is 0.167mm.The tensile strength of CFRP is3500MPa and elastic modulus of CFRP is242GPa.The testing system was calibrated before testing.Maximum load capacity of the loading equipment is5000kN.The data were collected automatically.Hydraulic valve was used to control the loading procedure.At the start,the speed of the load would be increased by2kN/s when the real-time curve was smooth.The speed of the load increased by1kN/s after the slope of the real-time curve declined.In the middle of height of specimens,an obvi-ous expansion showed up.The specimens were at ultimate condi-tion.Stress and strain(vertical and horizontal)would be highlighted and the speed of the load increased by0.5kN/s until the load could not increase any more.The development of load and strain performed in a mild way before the peak load.At the peak load,the destruction of unconfined concrete speci-mens began with vertical cracks.Concrete in the mid-height dilated then the diagonal crack appeared till the failure.Failure mode of CFRP confined concrete specimens had nothing to do with the layer of CFRP.CFRP jackets dilated in the middle of the CFRP surface with an obvious deformation.CFRP ruptured when the failure occurred.CFRP cohered well with concrete along the vertical line.A crisp and loud noise showed by the time of fail-ure.The destroyed specimens were divided into two conical parts, the upper ones and the below ones.Both parts damaged entirely. As shown in Figs.2and3.Nomenclatured150diameter of reference specimens(d150=150mm)d diameter of actual specimensE1initial elastic modulus of concreteE2tangent modulus of second stage in stress-strain curvef0 cc uniaxial compressive strengthf0 c;i interception strength(interception point between the opposite extension line of the second linear part in stress-strain curve and the stress axis)f0c0;d uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined concretef0c0;150uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined specimens with certain diameterf0c0;150uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined specimens with150mm diameterf0 cc;d uniaxial compressive strength of confined concrete with certain diameterf frp tensile strength of FRP f cu,k value of cube compressive strength of concrete k1coefficient of confinement effectivenessm degrees of homogeneity,m=38.51t thickness of FRPV volume of specimensa Ec ratio of elastic modulus,a E c¼E2E1b rtrelative confining pressure,b rt¼r tf0c0;de1turning point straine c0ultimate strain(corresponding to peak stress) r0stress of threshold value,r0=36.66MPar t stress of lateral confinementn parameter of Eq.(11)e cc strain of confined concreter cc stress of confined concrete644J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials127(2016)643–6523.Experiment results and dataData from the experiment were classified into four tables(from Table1–4).Explanation of parameters in the Tables was just behind Table4.Notice:f cu,k–uniaxial compressive strength;E1–ultimate strain(corresponding to peak stress);E2–interception strength (interception point between the opposite extension line of the sec-ond linear part in stress-strain curve and the stress axis);e1–turn-ing point strain;According to the data from Tables1–4,the uniaxial compressive strength of all the conditions was summarized in Fig.4.The results of experiment are shown as following:(1)Uniaxial compressive strength of concrete specimens uncon-fined by FRP has significant size effect.The uniaxial com-pressive strength decreases with the increasing of size, while the range of variation is limited.(2)Uniaxial compressive strength of CFRP confined concretecylinders has a significant size effect.The range of variation is huge,but it becomes mild as the increasing of size.(3)The confinement degree of CFRP has a remarkable influenceon the uniaxial compressive strength of concrete cylinders, which increases the strength a lot.4.Analysis of size effect4.1.Weibull size effectWeibull used the weakest link theory to analyze and describe the size effect of strength[21].Concrete material has size effect and discreteness in strength[40].The size effect in strength can be explained by statistical theory of size effect.Statistical theory explain that the probability offlaw in concrete increase as the increasing of physical dimension.That is to say,the larger the size, the lower the strength and the more obvious the size effect to be. The relationship can be explained by the weakest link theory. Weibull established statistical theory to analyze the size effect [40].Weibull claimed that size effect may caused by random distri-bution of material strength.Due to the randomness of strength,the probability of low strength element appearance increases as the increasing of size.4.2.Analysis of size effect for unconfined concrete specimensAnalysis of compressive strength of unconfined concrete speci-mens(Application of the Weibull distribution law).Fitted equation(as Fig.5shows):ln f0c0¼ln r0Àln V mð1Þwhere f0c0;dis the uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined concrete,V is the volume of specimens,r0and m are the Weibull modulus:r0=36.66MPa,m=38.51.Substitute the Weibull modulus into Eq.(1),show as follows:f0c0;d¼expð3:59À0:078ln dÞð2Þwhere f0c0;dis the uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined specimens with a certain diameter.Value calculated by Eq.(2)is compared with experimental value from Tables1–4.According to Table5above,specimens’relative error with a diameter of150mm is much higher,while the rest of specimensa Pasting the strain gagesb Wrapping CFRPFig.1.Pasting the strain gages and wrapping CFRP.a Prior to testb After compressive failureFig.2.Unconfined concrete specimens.J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials127(2016)643–652645maintain in a reasonable level.Based on the specimens with the diameter of 150mm,strength equation considering size effect is collected below.f 0c 0;d ¼f 0c 0;150exp ð0:39À0:078lnd Þð3Þ4.3.Analysis of size effect of CFRP confined concrete specimensCFRP can provide the concrete cylinders with adequate hoop direction confinement to enhance the uniaxial mechanical proper-ties of specimens.The principle is that the tri-axial stress state makes substantial improvement on uniaxial compressive of con-crete cylinders.Under the uniaxial load,the concrete dilates and then the Poisson effect occurs.CFRP presses the lateral surface,which is so-called the stress of lateral confinement.The rule of confinement is shown in Fig.6.An equation can be deduced by means of the static equilibrium.r t ¼2f frp t dð4ÞTable 1Unconfined concrete specimens.Size No.f 0c 0;d /MPaf 0c 0;d /MPae c 0/le e c 0/led/mm h/mm 70140S10626.025.814901508S10426.51532S11624.91504100200S22024.023.615941500S20223.11530S21823.71378150300S31528.328.119811670S30829.21536S32026.91493190380S41028.823.719661532S41423.71226S42023.51404310620S51027.622.215801544S50919.41296S50822.21756Table 2Concrete specimens confined with one layer CFRP.Size No.f 0cc /MPaf 0cc /MPaf 0c ;i /MPaf 0c ;i /MPae 1/le e 1/le e c 0/le e c 0/led/mm h/mm 70140S10782.961.941.240.33287429010,80213,179S11260.038.7597617,652S11856.337.3299213,504S12069.544.1490410,756100200S20150.853.630.631.92079262610,7059270S20368.634.5411912,965S20954.133.022408039S21251.429.320665369S21457.9///150300S30239.447.1/29.31642225431345963S30342.629.022834851S30647.724.914844313S30950.437.025839561S31947.535.332767958190380S40248.047.625.629.02143251561836616S40849.632.626246385S40948.224.822035867S41646.927.926445753S41845.134.029598891310620S51141.139.618.922.71828177024972576S51241.018.718912422S51340.621.819602572S51437.126.619313937S51538.127.412391450a Prior to testb After compressive failureFig.3.CFRP confined concrete specimens.646J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials 127(2016)643–652Table3Concrete specimens confined with two layers CFRP.Size No.f0cc /MPa f0cc/MPa f0c;i/MPa f0c;i/MPa e1/le e1/le e c0/le e c0/led/mm h/mm70140S10391.2102.042.437.23439279915,33112,667 S110113.8///S111100.932.0215810,003100200S20773.871.9734.836.32232380419,45716,368 S20866.350.3635611,201S21975.823.8282518,446150300S30166.363.524.726.93216311511,83912,180 S31659.9///S31864.329.0301312,520190380S40555.157.824.922.32453238864615462 S40758.015.616303151S41260.326.530806774310620S51648.146.737.334.32193288363666832 S51947.730.936988780S52044.134.827585349Table4Concrete specimens confined with three layers CFRP.Size No.f0cc /MPa f0cc/MPa f0c;i/MPa f0c;i/MPa e1/le e1/le e c0/le e c0/led/mm h/mm70140S105122.5126.7/55.8/5581/34,567 S108120.243.8572858,360S114137.567.7543310,773100200S205105.9108.243.734.830722244963414,642 S215108.235.2208123,410S211130.925.5158010,882150300S30477.672.1/46.4/3690/12,086 S30772.754.6490616,507S31266.138.124747664190380S40164.459.531.236.039624408962011,425 S40462.635.4504017,944S41351.541.342216711310620S51754.354.531.428.03672294947316764 S51857.231.0337710,568S52152.121.717974994J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials127(2016)643–652647where a t is the stress of lateral confinement,f frp is the tensile strength of FRP,t is the thickness of FRP,d is the diameter of concrete cylinder.Existing model of FRP confined concrete usually takes the following form:f 0cc ;d f 0c 0;d¼1þk 1r tf 0c 0;dð5Þwhere f 0cc ;d is the uniaxial compressive strength of confined concrete with certain diameter,f 0c 0;d is the uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined concrete with certain diameter,k 1is the coefficient of confinement effectiveness.Stress of lateral confinement was calculated by Eq.(5).A stress of lateral confinement (r t )–uniaxial compressivestrength of concrete (f 0cc ;d or f 0c 0;d )curve clearly described the rela-tionship between the two parameters.From Fig.7,it can be found that in a range of stress of lateral con-finement (r t ),uniaxial compressive strength (in different sizes)had an obvious liner relation with the stress of lateral confinement.The coefficient of confinement effectiveness k 1could be calculated by putting the data from Table 6to Eq.(5).Diameter d and coefficient of confinement effectiveness k 1would suit to the fitted Eq.(6):k 1¼2:14þ0:09dd 1503ð6Þwhere d 150is the diameter of reference specimens (d 150=150mm),d is the diameter of actual specimens.It is worth to notice that Eqs.(2),(5)and (6)can be used to deduce the stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete cylin-ders.The model takes the size effect into account.5.Stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete cylinders considering size effect5.1.Analyzing stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete cylinders in different sizes5.1.1.Stress-strain curvesAll the data in Fig.8are from Tables 1–4.Stress-strain curves were depicted automatically by data acquisition instrument.The obtained representative curves were shown as following.The curve of confined specimens has two stages.In the first stage,the stress increases rapidly while the strain does not.But the growth trend of stress and strain in the second stage is contrary to it in the first stage.5.1.2.Interception strength of CFRP confined concrete,relative confining pressure and elastic modulusInterception strength f 0c ;i is the interception point between the opposite extension line of the second linear part (elastic modulus E 2)in the stress-strain curve and the stress axis.The interception strength to uniaxial compressive strength of unconfined concrete ratio is called the increase coefficient of interception strengthf 0c ;if 0c 0;d .While the ratio of stress of lateral confinement to uniaxial com-pressive strength of unconfined concrete is defined as relative con-fining pressure b r t ¼r tf 0c 0;d.E 1is the initial elastic modulus of concrete.All the parameters are shown in Table 7.5.1.3.Analysis of experiment data Fitted curve expression:Ultimate strain :e c 0¼2000þ12;600b r t ;R 2¼0:94ð7ÞStrain of turning point :e 1¼2000þ1400b r t ;R 2¼0:94ð8ÞAccording to the above figures,the strain increases with the increasing of relative confining pressure.Fitted curve expression (comparison between fitted expression and data from Figs.9–11):Increase coefficient interception strength:Increase coefficient interception strength :f 0c ;if 0c 0;d ¼1þ0:49b r t ;R 2¼0:98ð9ÞRatio of elastic modulus :E 2E 1¼0:14ð1Àe À5:2b r t Þ;R 2¼0:98ð10ÞTable 6Stress of lateral confinement (r t ).Layer of CFRPStress of lateral confinement r t /MPa 70mm100mm 150mm 190mm 310mm 116.7011.697.79 6.15 3.77233.4023.3815.5912.307.54350.1035.0723.3718.4511.31Table 5Comparison of unconfined concrete uniaxial compressive strength between calculated value and experimental value.d/mm70100150190310Experimental value/MPa 25.823.628.123.722.2Calculated value/MPa 26.0225.3124.5224.0823.17Relative error/%À0.85À6.7614.60À1.58À4.19648J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials 127(2016)643–652Coefficient of interception strength increases with the increasing of relative confining pressure.Meanwhile,the ratio of elastic modu-lus increases with the increasing of relative confining pressure.5.2.Establishing stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete cylinders(considering size effect)5.2.1.Stress-strain model of CFRP confined concrete cylinders considering size effectThe experiment results showed that the stress-strain curve of CFRP confined concrete has a feature of m and Teng proposed the design-oriented stress-strain model[22]for FRP-confined concrete.In this study,the design-oriented stress-strain model[22]for FRP-confined concrete from Lam and Teng was taken as a reference to propose a stress-strain model of CFRP con-fined concrete cylinders considering size effect.The curve is shown in Fig.12.The model proposed in this study hasfive assumptions.(1)The line-type of the curve in thefirst stage is a parabola.(2)The line-type of the curve in the second stage is a straightline.(3)Interception strength,turning point strain and elastic modu-lus of the second stage is related to relative confining pressure.(4)The curve is connected smoothly between thefirst stage andthe second.(5)Peak strength and ultimate strain were reached at the end ofthe second stage in the curve.Based on the assumptions above,the new stress-strain model is shown as following,r cc¼f0c;i1À1Àe cc ec0nh ic06e cc6e1r cc¼f0c0þE2e cc e16e cc6e c0ð11Þn¼2À160ðf cu;kÀ50ÞE2¼0r t¼00:15E1r t>0&whereJ.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials127(2016)643–652649f 0c ;i is the interception strength,f 0c ;i ¼f 0c 0;d ð1þ0:49b r t Þ,d is the diameter of specimens,f 0c 0;d is the uniaxial compressive strength ofunconfined concrete (with the diameter d),f 0c 0;d ¼f 0c 0;150exp ð0:39À0:078lnd Þ,f cu ,k is the value of cube compres-sive strength of concrete (see notation).E 1is initial elastic mod-ulus of concrete and E 2is tangent modulus of second stage in stress-strain curve,e 1is the strain of turning point,e c0is theultimate strain,b r t is the relative confining pressure,b r t ¼r t f 0c 0;d,r t is the stress of lateral confinement.The ultimate strain e c0can be either estimated by Eq.(7)or deduced accurately by Eq.(12).e c0¼f 0cc ;d Àf 0c ;i a Ec E 1ð12Þwhere f 0cc ;dis the uniaxial compressive strength of CFRP confined concrete (with the diameter d)and a Ec is the ratio of elastic modu-lus,a E c ¼E 2E 1.Substitute Eqs.(3),(5),(6)–(12),thene c0¼1:65þ0:09d 150ÀÁ3a Ec E 1r tð13ÞThe parameters’meanings are the same as the ones above.Table 7Interception strength,Elastic modulus and Relative confining pressure (Average in each size and confinement).Size t/mmf 0c ;i /MPaf 0c ;if 0c 0;dE 1/GPa E 2/GPaE 2E 1r tc 0;dd/mm h/mm 7014025.8123.7––00.16740.3 1.5621.7 2.40.110.650.33437.2 1.4424.0 5.10.21 1.290.50155.8 2.1625.9 4.00.15 1.9410020023.6125.8––00.16731.9 1.3528.4 3.00.110.500.33436.3 1.5426.4 3.60.140.990.50134.8 1.4831.2 3.90.13 1.4915030028.1124.4––00.16729.3 1.0430.4 3.50.120.280.33426.90.9633.1 3.20.100.550.50146.4 1.6527.0 2.80.100.8319038023.7127.3––00.16729.0 1.2328.0 3.50.130.260.33422.30.9526.7 3.70.140.520.50136.0 1.5323.2 2.20.090.7831062022.2123.9––00.16722.7 1.0229.4 2.20.070.170.33434.3 1.5525.4 1.70.070.340.50128.01.2625.94.40.170.51650J.Zhou et al./Construction and Building Materials 127(2016)643–652The calculated values of the ultimate strain with different rela-tive confining pressure and sizes were depicted in Fig.13.Accord-ing to Fig.13,it is clear that the calculated values have a good agreement with the experimental results.parison and discussion between the proposed model and Lam and Teng modelSince size effect has been considered in the modified model,there is necessity to verify the reliability of the modified model.The model proposed by Lam and Teng [22](as reference shows)did not take the size as a input value,which means the size effect is ignored.In the modified model,the size effect is taken as the parameter in the stress strain model,which leads to significant change.And the model is also different from other models.In addition,the interception strength f 0c ;i (interception point between the opposite extension line of the second linear part in stress-strain curve and the stress axis)has an essential differencefrom f 0c 0;d (compressive strength of unconfined concrete speci-mens)in the model proposed by Lam and pared with f 0c 0;d ,the parameter f 0c ;i accords with the actual situation better.So the model proposed in the study may instruct the structuralengineers to design and calculate the CFRP confined concrete struc-ture more accurately.6.ConclusionsThe purpose of the paper is to investigate the mechanical prop-erties of CFRP confined concrete cylinders with different sizes under different confinements.On the basis of the stress-strain model proposed by Lam and Teng,a modified stress-strain model (considering the size effect)of CFRP confined concrete cylinder was proposed.The conclusions can be obtained as following,(1)Lam and Teng design-oriented stress-strain model has goodaccuracy and applicability in design.So the modification also has reliability for confined specimens with ascending branch at the plastic stage.Stress-strain model of CFRP confined con-crete cylinders under different confinement (considering size effect)was pared with the original model,the modified model makes the size parameter as the input value.(2)The confinement degree of CFRP has a significant influence onthe uniaxial compressive strength of concrete cylinders.The confinement degree of CFRP,can increase the strength greatly.Uniaxial compressive strength of CFRP confined con-crete cylinders under different confinement pressure showed evident size effect.While the ductility showed slight size effect.(3)The uniaxial compressive strength model of CFRP confinedconcrete cylinders under various confinements was established.(4)There still have been some divergences about the size effect sofar.Main reason for this point is that the material property of concrete is non-homogeneous.Meanwhile,size effect of FRP confined large-scale specimens 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