Fire behaviour and design of hybrid fibre reinforced high-performance concrete columns subjected to uniaxial bending

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 251; p. 113425
• Main Authors: Du, Panwei, Yang, Yaowen, Tan, Kang Hai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Column; Compressive strength; Concrete; Concrete columns; Deflection; Design; Eccentric loading; Eccentric loads; Eccentricity; Explosive spalling; Failure modes; Fiber reinforced concretes; Fibre reinforced concrete; Fire; Flexural strength; Heating; High-performance concrete; Isotherms; Material properties; Modulus of rupture in bending; Polypropylene; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing steels; Slender column; Slenderness ratio; Spalling; Steel fibers; Synergistic effect; Temperature distribution; Transient heating; Slender column; Column; Fire; Fibre reinforced concrete; High-performance concrete; Explosive spalling; Eccentric loading
• ISSN: 0141-0296; 1873-7323
• DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113425

•Six full-scale HPC columns are tested under standard ISO 834 heating curve.•Test parameters are uniaxial load eccentricity and slenderness ratio.•No explosive spalling is observed in all the HPC columns.•Load eccentricity has a significant effect on fire endurance.•A simplified fire design model is adopted based on 500 °C isotherm method. This paper presents an experimental programme and a fire design model on hybrid fibre reinforced high-performance concrete (HPC) columns under ISO 834 heating curve. To date, there are very few experimental works on HPC columns subjected to eccentric loading under fire conditions. Therefore, a total of six specimens are tested to investigate the effects of load eccentricity and slenderness ratio on spalling and structural behaviour of HPC columns. Material properties including compressive strength, residual flexural strength and spalling behaviour under unstressed state but subject to transient heating are presented to get an overview of the performance of HPC. Following that, the test results of column specimens are discussed in terms of temperature distribution, mid-height deflection, axial deformation, failure mode and fire endurance. No spalling is observed in all the specimens owing to the synergistic effect of hybrid polypropylene and steel fibres. Test results show that mid-height deflection and axial contraction increase with an increase of load eccentricity. A simplified fire design model incorporating fibre reinforced concrete design is adopted based on 500 °C isotherm method. The model is verified with test data and it shows that 400 °C isotherm depth could provide safe and accurate predictions for HPC columns.