Studi Eksperimental Perilaku Sambungan Balok-Kolom Eksterior Beton Bubuk Reaktif Terhadap Beban Lateral Siklis

Reactive Powder Concrete is a new type of concrete that posseses an ultra high compressive strength. The primary component of Reactive Powder Concrete is very fine powder with high silica content to improve the concrete’s chemical reaction and its homogeneity. Reactive Powder Concrete is a mixture of cement, silica fume, 600 μm diameter maximum of quartz, superplasticizer and polypropylene fiber. This research aims to evaluate the behavior of exterior beam-column connections with extended beam longitudinal bars and/ or added reinforcement using reactive powder concrete under lateral cyclic loading. This study consisted of three specimens with reactive powder concrete compressive strength of 135 MPa. The first specimen (BU-1) was detailed as a conventional beam-column connection, the second specimen (BU-2) was detailed by extending beam longitudinal reinforcement bars which are welded to a steel plate as large as beam’s cross section to the far side of column, while the third test specimen (BU-3) was detailed by adding reinforcement to the main reinforcement of the beam in the exterior beam-column connections. The results showed that specimen BU-3 possesed better cyclic behavior compared to the other two specimens in terms of crack pattern, hysteretic curve, energy dissipation, strength and stiffness degradation at each loading cycle.