Research Article

Cyclic Load Responses of GFRP-Strengthened Hollow Rectangular Bridge Piers

Table 4

Experimental results.

Specimen numberLoading direction/(kN/mm)/kN /mm/kN/mm/kN/mmAccumulated dissipated energy/(kN·m)/mm

SU-1Push24.74165.7510.46191.4120.05162.7057.51 178.8047.055.49
Pull24.92160.7910.34190.1321.17161.6150.6740.334.90
Average24.83163.2710.40190.7720.61162.1654.0943.695.2

SHG-2Push29.32168.258.90197.8519.88168.1753.78 207.3944.886.04
Pull21.60146.8113.53183.6928.13156.1462.7849.254.64
Average25.46157.5311.22190.7724.00162.1658.2847.065.20

SHG-3Push37.88165.876.56197.8320.78168.1653.00 212.0746.448.08
Pull30.61159.038.29188.8227.49160.5057.0348.746.88
Average34.24162.457.42193.3324.14164.3355.0147.597.41

LU-1Push9.8967.3517.7992.3745.9178.5191.40 180.5073.615.14
Pull3.1564.8533.8575.3166.3264.0193.4259.572.76
Average6.5266.1025.8283.8456.1271.2692.4166.593.45

LHG-2Push10.3072.5913.9592.3738.9878.5191.95 239.3178.006.60
Pull8.9467.9716.3684.9744.4972.2393.6577.295.72
Average9.6270.2815.1588.6741.7475.3792.8077.656.12

LHG-3Push9.4775.3615.1494.9744.7380.7290.43 238.2575.295.97
Pull11.3465.5012.9187.5643.9674.4397.0784.167.52
Average10.4170.4314.0391.2744.3577.5793.7579.736.68

Note: (a) and denote yield displacement and yield force, respectively.
(b) and denote maximum lateral force and corresponding displacement, respectively.
(c) and stand for ultimate displacement and corresponding displacement, respectively.
(d) denotes displacement ductility coefficient.