Comparison of Conventional Concrete and Engineered Cementitious Composites in the Joints

Abstract

Over a decade it has been seen that to improve the performance of the conventional concrete different types of materials has been added to it. These type of materials are in the form of admixture, fibers etc. A new type of material commonly known as bendable concrete or engineered cementitious composite (ECC) found to significantly improve the performance of a structure. Thus, in order to know its behavior an experimental study has been carried out on the beam column joint for both conventional concrete and ECC. Lshaped specimen were prepared consisting of beam and column portion.This study showed that by applying ECC in the beam column joint the performance of the joint is increased remarkably and showing increase in load carrying capacity, ductility and stiffness. Bar charts have been developed to show the difference.