HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE FRAME CONNECTIONS

Principal Investigator: James C. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering

Co-Principal Investigator: Yan Xiao, Ph.D., PE, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Research Assistant: Z. Yin, A. Gladkov

Funding Agency: Carpenters / Contractors Cooperation Committee

• Test beam-column joints which use high strength concrete with current reinforcing requirements for strength and ductility.
• Investigate reinforcing schemes to reduce the effect of sliding shear near the column face.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current epoxy repair method by loading the specimen to a prescribed ductility and then repairing the cracks and retesting.
• Investigate the cyclic behavior of deep beams of normal strength concrete and high strength concrete.
  

Test Setup