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• Influence of damage degrees and confinement materials on seismic behavior of joints. • FE models of strengthened joints are calibrated with test results. • The predicted models of the shear capacity are good agreement with test results. • The results provide useful information for the engineering application. The seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beam-steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) column composite joints strengthened with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets and enveloped steel jackets (ESJ) was investigated. Based on the existing regulations, nine specimens were designed and built to simulate pre-damage loading, rehabilitation with CFRP sheets or ESJ, and destruction tests under lateral cyclic loading to determine the performance of the two reinforcement materials (CFRP sheets and ESJ) for different degrees of seismic damage. An analysis of the hysteretic curves, skeleton curves, ductility, energy dissipation, bearing capacity degradation, stiffness degradation, and strain-displacement curves of the specimens indicated that the two strengthening materials exhibited good reinforcement performance. The ESJ improved the bearing capacity and stiffness of the specimens and the CFRP sheets improved the ductility and energy dissipation of the specimens, thereby improving the seismic behavior of the specimens. The severely damaged specimen strengthened with the CFRP sheets or ESJ did not collapse in a simulated strong earthquake and was similar to or even exceeded the seismic performance of the original specimen; this result is important and applicable to engineering practice. The ductility and energy dissipation was lower for the ESJ-strengthened specimen than the CFRP-strengthened specimen. Therefore, the ESJ material is preferable when only one type of material is used for strengthening the specimen. The seismic performance of the RC beam-SRC column frame joints strengthened with the CFRP sheets and ESJ was simulated using the finite element analysis software ABAQUS. There was a good agreement between the simulation results and the experimental results. It was proved that the simulated and experimental results of the ultimate bearing capacity of the joints in the core zones were in good agreement, which meets the design principle of "strong joint, weak member". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To study the seismic behavior of unsymmetrical steel reinforced concrete column, cyclic loading tests were carried out on 12 columns with T-shaped section steel and 12 columns with L-shaped section steel. The test parameters included shear span ratio, axial compression ratio, stirrup ratio and presence of cross tie. Mechanical process, failure mode, hysteretic characteristics, skeleton curves, ductility and energy dissipation ability were taken into comparison. The result indicates that unsymmetrical steel reinforced concrete column possesses good seismic performance under constant axial compression and cyclic horizontal load. The failure modes include bonding failure, shear-bond failure, shear compression failure and shear-composition failure. Obvious asymmetry phenomenon of positive and negative hysteresis loop are shown. The span ratio has great influence on failure mode and shear-composition failure usually takes place in L-shaped steel section column. With the increase of axial compression ratio, the ductility decreases, which is obvious in L-shaped steel section column. The ductility and bearing capacity of the T-shaped steel section columns are improved greatly with the increase of stirrup ratio, but not obvious for T-shaped steel section column with smaller span ratio. Cross ties can improve bearing capacity, limit strength and stiffness degradation and enhance deformation capacity of L-shape steel section columns clearly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]