Abstract:
The most fundamental parts of the building are the beam-column joints on the reinforced
concrete (RC) frames. Joint shear failures cause complete failure of the RC structures
especially the building that constructs under the seismic region. Thus failure were created
due to non-seismic design and non-ductile achievement to beam-column joints so such
beam-column joints must strengthen and change shear failure of the joint to flexural fail
of the beam was more advisable. This thesis works on numerical investigations of
exterior beam-column joints by using basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) composite
to strengthening and improving the performance of external RC beam -column joints with
seismic loading. The verification analysis was done with the experimental study reported
in the literature by using the ANSYS19.2 software package. The parametric investigation
were studied on necessary variables such as lateral beam cross-sectional size, diagonal
inclined crossbar at joint, yielding strength of reinforcement, compressive strength of
concrete, number of BFRP layers, BFRP fiber orientations, and BFRP layer configuration
was executed to get the adequate seismic resistance of exterior beam-column joint. From
non-linear finite element analysis (FEA), results showed as 100% lateral beam cross-sectional size coverage achieved 180.54% increment in ductility index as compared with
control spacemen. In addition, using ∅16mm diameter diagonal inclined crossbar at joint
resulted in a 145.6% higher ductility index than the control specimen. The S-540 yielding
strength of reinforcement showed as -79.76% increments in ductility index as compared
to S-428 control specimen. This show as increasing the yielding strength of
reinforcement the ductility behavior of exterior joint was decreasing. The C-45
compressive strength of concrete indicates as 227.56% increments in ductility index as
compared to C-25 control specimen. This shows as increasing the compressive strength
of concrete achieved more ductility behavior on exterior joint. Compared to the BFRP
with one layer control specimen, the four-layer BFRP composite had a 102.84% increase
in ultimate load capacity, a 45.43% increase in yield load, and a 306.55% increase in
ductility index. Use diagonal inclined cross bar at joint, 45
0
BFRP fiber orientation, and
30ᵒ/30ᵒ/45ᵒ/45ᵒ BFRP layer configuration to change the mode of failure types from the
shear failure of joint to the flexural failure of the beam.
Keywords: Beam-Column Joint, Seismic Load, Finite Element Analysis (FEA),
Ductility, Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (BFRP).