Effectiveness of Composite CFRP Confinement on Very Slender Reinforced Concrete Columns

Abstract

This research work is based on an experimental study resulting from tests carried out on six square-section slender reinforced concrete columns. The columns were confined by single-layer wraps of carbon fiber composites. They were tested under eccentric compression loading, to study the effects of confinement by the carbon fiber composite on resistance loading, rigidity, ductility and slender column behavior in general