Axial-flexural interaction diagram of RPC columns reinforced with steel fibres

This paper presents analytical modelling of the axial-flexural behaviour of Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC)

columns reinforced with and without steel fibres of different types (industrial and waste) in individual and

hybrid forms. An analytical stress-strain model for unconfined RPC was used for the analysis of the axial loads

and bending moments of the fibrous RPC columns. The layer-by-layer numerical integration method was used to

calculate the axial load and bending moments in this study. The analytically developed axial load-bending

moment (

P-M

) interaction diagrams were validated by using experimental results from the literature. A para-

metric study was carried out to investigate the influence of the properties of steel fibres on the axial-flexural

behaviour of fibrous RPC columns. It was found that the analytical unconfined stress-strain model used in this

study well estimates the maximum axial loads and the maximum bending moments of the RPC columns re-

inforced with and without different types of steel fibres. Also, the influence of the properties of steel fibres is

more pronounced at eccentric and flexural loading