Evaluation Effects of the Short- and Long-Term Freeze-Thaw Exposure on the Axial Behavior of Concrete-Filled Glass Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Tubes
Table 4
Overall response characteristics for confined concrete (CFFT) cylinders.
Specimen code
Average failure level
100 F/T cycles
300 F/T cycles
Load kN
strength (MPa)
Axial strain
Radial strain
Load kN
strength (MPa)
Axial strain
Radial strain
Group 1: room temperature
A-R1
1297.15
71.5
0.028
0.026
1306.6
72.0
0.030
0.022
0.036
0.028
0.041
0.036
A-R2
1290.1
72.1
0.023
0.030
1288
71.1
0.031
0.025
0.045
0.037
0.037
0.035
A-R3
1311.3
72.3
0.035
0.027
1216
67
0.033
0.027
0.036
0.028
0.034
0.029
Average
1299.52
71.6
0.034
0.029
1270.2
70
0.034
0.029
SD
10.8
0.61
0.023
0.017
47.9
2.7
0.003
0.001
Group 2: F/T in salt water
A-S1
1177.41
64.92
0.025
0.023
1136.7
62.7
0.029
0.028
0.035
0.031
0.024
0.018
A-S2
1303.71
71.88
0.025
0.022
1225.2
67.6
0.034
0.027
0.042
0.032
0.029
0.027
A-S3
1306.59
72.04
0.030
0.027
1126.3
61.5
0.030
0.022
0.032
0.037
0.019
0.020
Average
1262.57
69.61
0.031
0.029
1162.7
63.9
0.027
0.024
SD
73.76
4.07
0.007
0.006
54.3
3.2
0.005
0.004
First letter refers to the type of the tube used in this study. Second letter refers to the type of condition (R: room temperature and S: freeze-thaw exposure in salt water). The third is a number referring to the number of specimens.