Research Article

Compression Behavior of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tube-Confined Coconut Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

Table 1

Test matrix.

SpecimensNumber of specimensSize (mm)Number of BFRF layers (mm)Mass (kg)

PC-A3100 ∗ 200003.79
CFRC-A3100 ∗ 200003.63
2L-BFRP-RC-A3100 ∗ 20021.063.85
4L-BFRP-RC-A3100 ∗ 20041.573.98
2L-BFRP-CFRC-A3100 ∗ 20021.043.78
4L-BFRP-CFRC-A3100 ∗ 20041.583.89
PC-B3160 ∗ 3200014.93
CFRC-B3160 ∗ 3200014.75
2L-BFRP-RC-B3160 ∗ 32021.0515.60
4L-BFRP-RC-B3160 ∗ 32041.5815.77
2L-BFRP-CFRC-B3160 ∗ 32021.0615.23
4L-BFRP-CFRC-B3160 ∗ 32041.5715.63

is the thickness of the BFRP tube.