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Retrofitting of Existing RC Columns by Reinforced

Concrete Jacketing Using ANSYS and ETABS
Dhanush S. S1, Ummer Farooq Pasha2, Dr. N. S Kumar3
1
Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Ghousia College of Engineering, Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi, Ramanagara – 562159,
Karnataka, India
2
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi, Ramanagara – 562159, Karnataka, India
3
Prof., & Director (R&D), Dept. of Civil Engineering, Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi, Ramanagara – 562159, Karnataka, India

Abstract: Retrofitting is a technique to improve the structural capacities including the strength, stiffness, ductility, stability of a
building that is found to be deficient. It can effectively improve the performance of a building. In this paper, an RC building of G+3 will
be analyzed and design in E-tabs software. Then the number of floors will increased to 3 numbers above the top floor of existing
building so that the building becomes G+6 floors and again it is increased by 2 numbers above the top floor of existing building then it
becomes G+8 floors. Because of increment of floors the load on the building will be increased so the existing columns may fail in
design the failure of columns may be maximum in bottom storey, so how many number of columns fail the same will rectified by
Reinforced Concrete jacketing technique, because of jacketing the column strength will increased and the jacketing will be design to
carry the increased load by using IS code (IS 15988:2013) and the jacketing will be done in ANSYS software. In the software each
failed column will be modeled and the increased area of reinforced column can able to take an increased load so the building can
raised to the above mentioned floors. Hence columns can be strengthened to carry the increased load safely.

Keywords: Concrete Jacketing, Retrofitting, ANSYS Software, Strengthing

1. Introduction behaviour and lateral load capability of the building Strength

and stiffness of the building is also improved.
Retrofitting is technical interventions in structural system of a
building that improve the resistance to earthquake by 1.2. Description of software used
optimizing the strength, ductility and earthquake loads.
Strength of the building is generated from the structural ETABS is an engineering software product that caters to
dimensions, materials, shape, and number of structural multi-story building analysis and design. Modeling tools and
elements, etc. Ductility of the building is generated from templates, code-based load prescriptions, analysis methods
good detailing, materials used, degree of seismic resistant, and solution techniques, all coordinate with the grid-like
etc. Earthquake load is generated from the site seismicity, geometry unique to this class of structure. Basic or advanced
mass of the structures, important of buildings, degree of systems under static or dynamic conditions may be evaluated
seismic resistant, etc. Due to the variety of structural using ETABS. The building is modeled and analyzed using
condition of building, it is hard to develop typical rules for ETABS. Then the failure columns are strengthen by
retrofitting. Each building has different approaches providing jacketing in ANSYS software. After creating the
depending on the structural deficiencies. Hence, engineers column model the load is applied on both with and without
are needed to prepare and design the retrofitting approaches. jacketing column and compare the over stress between both
In the design of retrofitting approach, the engineer must original column and jacketing column. Using ANSYS, able
comply with the building codes. The results generated by the to use various different material models to simulate the
adopted retrofitting techniques must fulfil the minimum behavior of most typical engineering materials including
requirements on the buildings codes, such as deformation, metals, rubbers, polymers, composites, reinforced concrete,
detailing, strength, etc. crushable and resilient foams, and geotechnical materials
such as soils and rock Designed as general-purpose
1.1. Purpose of Jacketing of Columns simulation tool, ANSYS can be used to study more than just
structural ( stress/displacement) problems. ANSYS offers a
There are two main purpose of jacketing of columns. (i) To wide range of capabilities for simulation of linear and non
increase in shear capacity of columns (strong column‐weak linear applications.
beam design) (ii) To improve the column’s flexural strength.
After carrying out the detailed analysis of the existing
building, deficient members are identified. A list of provided
and required reinforcements is tabulated and highlighted. All
these members require strengthening in order to increase
their ductile strength. Hence, retrofitting of these members is
carried out using Jacketing. It also increases the load carrying
capacity, strength and increases the seismic resistance of the
building without any demolition. It increases the ductile

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1.3. Plan and elevation of building 1.4. Reinforced concrete jacketing of columns

The column jacketing is carried out as per recommendations

of Indian standard code IS 15988 (2013): Seismic Evaluation
and Strengthening of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings
– Guidelines published By Bureau of Indian Standards [4].
Reinforced concrete jacketing improves column flexural
strength and ductility. Closely spaced transverse
reinforcement provided in the jacket improves the shear
strength and ductility of the column.

1.5. Design of RC Column Jacketing using IS 15988:

2013

One design example for column no 6 in G+6 is given here:

Column No- 6
Height of column= 3000 mm; Width (b) =230 mm
Depth (D) =300 mm;Cover=40 mm
Figure 1: Plan of the building Therefore, d=300-40= 260mm;
Reinforcement provided= 6,12Ø=678.58 mm²
fy = 415 MPa; fck=30 MPa.
Pu = 1229.75 kN ; Mu = 0.0609 kN/m
Since, Pu = 0.4 × fck × Ac + 0.67 × fy × Asc

According to the provisions provided in to §8.5.1.2 (a) of IS

15988: 2013, Concrete strength shall be at least 5 MPa
greater than the strength of the existing concrete. Thus,
taking value of fck = 35 N/mm2 and assuming
Asc = 0.8% Ac
1229.75 x 10³ = 0.4 × 35×Ac + 0.67 × 415 × (0.8 %Ac) ;
Therefore, Ac = 75796.33 mm²
According to §8.5.1.1 (e) of IS 15988:2013,A'c =1.5Ac;
Thus, A'c =1.5x75796.33=113694.49 mm²
Assuming the cross sectional details as: B = 330mm;
D = 113694.49/330 = 344.52 mm
Figure 2: Elevation of the building Jacketing details of cross section:
B = (330-230)/2 = 50 mm;
The number of columns failed in G+6 and G+8 buildings are D = (344.52-300)/2 = 22.26 mm
tabulated as below,
However, According to the code specified above, Minimum
Table 1: Failure of columns in G+6th floor building jacket thickness shall be 100 mm as per §8.5.1.2 (c) of IS
Sl. No. Column Vertical load (Pᵤ) in Moment (Mᵤ) in 15988:2013
name KN KN/m
1 C6 1229.75 0.0609
Thus, New size of the column:
2 C7 1229.75 0.0609
3 C10 1229.75 0.0609
B = 230+100 +100 = 430mm,
4 C11 1229.75 0.0609 D =300 +100 +100 = 500mm

Table 2: Failure of columns in G+8th floor building New concrete area=430 × 500 = 215000mm² ˃ Ac =
Sl. No. Column name Vertical load (Pᵤ) in Moment (Mᵤ) in 75796.33 mm²
KN KN/m Area of steel, As = 0.8% × 430 × 500 = 1720 mm²
1 C2 1237.20 2.889 But according to §8.5.1.1 (e) IS 15988:2013, A's = (4/3) As
2 C3 1237.20 2.889 A's= (4/3) x 1720 =2293.33 mm²
3 C5 1272.21 3.627 Assuming 12mm Ø bars,
4 C6 1624.04 0.0807
5 C7 1624.04 0.0807 Thus, number of bars, N = 2293.33 × 4/ (π x 12²) = 20.27
6 C8 1272.21 3.627 bars, Say 22 bars
7 C9 1272.21 3.627
8 C10 1624.04 0.0807 Therefore, 22 no. -12mm Ø bars is for whole sections.
9 C11 1624.04 0.0807
10 C12 1272.21 3.627
So, providing 16 NO. -12mm Ø bars for jacketed section.
11 C14 1237.20 2.889
And jacketed section will be 430mm x 500 mm.
12 C15 1237.20 2.889

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Table 3: Detailing of RC Jacket for 6 storey building 3. Details of the Specimens
Sl Column Pᵤ in KN Jacket Jacketed Lateral ties
No name C/S
(mm²) Table 7: dimension of specimens
1 C6 1229.75 16-12Ø 430x500 8mmØ@150mmc/c Sl No. Section Material Dimension
2 C7 1229.75 16-12Ø 430x500 8mmØ@150mmc/c 1 Beam M20 300x230
3 C10 1229.75 16-12Ø 430x500 8mmØ@150mmc/c 2 Column M30 300x200
4 C11 1229.75 16-12Ø 430x500 8mmØ@150mmc/c 3 Slab M20 150

Similar design procedure is followed for G+8 building. 3.1. Finite element modelling

Table 4: Detailing of RC Jacket for 8 storey building The cad modeling of column is carried out using finite
Sl Column Pᵤ in KN Jacket Jacketed Lateral ties element software i.e, ANSYS 15 work bench. The type of
No name C/S (mm²) analysis carried out in ANSYS is linear static analysis. First
1 C2 1237.20 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c we have to model a concrete control column specimen and
2 C3 1237.20 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c with this we can generate the model of concrete jacketed
3 C5 1272.21 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c column. The sizes of column used for modeling are
4 C6 1624.04 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c 230X300X3000mm. After calculating the jacketing area as
5 C7 1624.04 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c per the guidance of Indian standard code IS 15988:2013. The
6 C8 1272.21 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c new jacketed dimension of the column is
7 C9 1272.21 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c 500X430X3000mm. The minimum thickness of the jacketing
8 C10 1624.04 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c is 100mm. The longitudinal reinforcement provided are 22
9 C11 1624.04 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c number of 12mm Ø bars and the lateral ties of 8mm Ø bars at
10 C12 1272.21 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c
a spacing of 150mm c/c. The 3-D modeling of column is
11 C14 1237.2 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c
carried out by generating the volumes in active coordinate
12 C15 1237.2 16-12Ø 16-12Ø 8mmØ@150mm c/c
system.

Figure 3: Column after jacketing

2. Material Properties
2.1. Steel

Table 5: Steel Properties

Sl No. Properties Values
1 Density 7849.05 Kg/m³ Figure 4: Model of column
2 Modules Of Elasticity 200000 mpa
3 Poissons Ratio 0.3 3.1.1. Meshing
4 Co-Efficient Of Thermal Expanction 0.0000117 1/c To obtain good results from the concrete solid element, the
5 Tensile Yield Strength 415 mpa
use of a rectangular mesh is recommended and tri-angular
6 Tensile Ultimate Strength 485 a
meshing is used for stirrups. The overall mesh of the volume
is shown in Figure 5.
2.2. Concrete

Table 6: Concrete Properties

Sl No. Properties Values
1 Density 2548.53 Kg/m³
2 Modules Of Elasticity 27386.13 mpa
3 Poissons Ratio 0.2
4 Co-Efficient Of Thermal Expanction 0.00000551/c
5 Shear Modules 11410.89
6 Compressive Strength 30 Mpa

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Building, With And Without Jacketing Column In ANSYS
Software.

Figure 5. Meshing of column

Figure 7: Column undergo total deformation in G+8th floor

without jacketing.

Figure 6. Meshing in with jacketing column reinforcement Figure 8: Stress in the column in G+8th floor without
jacketing
3.1.2. Loading and Boundary Conditions
The hinged support is provided at the top end of the column The jacketing is designed for the failure column as per the
and fixed support is provided at the bottom end of the guidance of Indian standard IS code 15988:2013. The new
column. The force is applied along Z-axis of the model. The dimension of the jacketed column is 430X500 and the
force applied in the model is obtained from E-TABS by reinforcement provided in the column is 16 bars of 12mm dia
modeling a G+3 building in E-TABS and the numbers of for the jacketed area and the lateral ties of 8mm dia at
floors are increased to G+6 & G+8 in E-TABS software. 150mm c/c is provided. Then the failure load is applied on
the jacketed column and analyse the column. After applying
4. Analysis of the model the load on the column, the stress in the jacketed column will
be within the limit.
The finite element model for this linear analysis is a simple
column under compressive loading. For the purposes of this
model, the linear static analysis is utilized. The Solution
Controls command dictates the use of a linear or nonlinear
solution for the finite element model. Here in this project the
analysis is carried out for linear and small displacement.
Analysis Is Carried By Modeling Both G+6 And G+8

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Table 9: Load increased in columns of G+8 building after
jacketing
Sl No. Column Pᵤ before Pᵤ after
name jacketing jacketing
1 C2 1237.20 1920
2 C3 1237.20 1920
3 C5 1272.21 1980
4 C6 1624.04 2524.04
5 C7 1624.04 2524.04
6 C8 1272.21 1980
7 C9 1272.21 1980
8 C10 1624.04 2524.04
9 C11 1624.04 2524.04
10 C12 1272.21 1980
11 C14 1237.20 1920
12 C15 1237.20 1920

5. Results and Graphs

The stress and strain values in the failure columns in both
G+6 and G+8 building without jacketing is tabulated below
with respect to the corresponding loads,
Figure 9: Deformation in G+8th floor column after jacketing
Table 10: Stress and strain values of column without
jacketing
Sl No. Load in KN (Pᵤ) Stress in mm Strain
1 1229.75 20.657 1.95
2 1237.20 20.473 1.9619
3 1272.21 21.37 2.0174
4 1624.04 27.28 2.5753

The stress and strain values in the failure columns in both

G+6 and G+8 building with jacketing is tabulated below with
respect to the corresponding loads,

Table 11: Stress and strain values of column with jacketing

Sl No. Load in KN (Pᵤ) Stress in mm Strain
1 1229.75 7.6 0.625
2 1237.20 7.644 0.6292
3 1272.21 7.860 0.647
4 1624.04 10.035 0.8259

Figure 10: Stress in G+8th floor column after jacketing .After jacketing the failure columns the stress in the columns
will reduced within the limiting stress of the column and the
4.1. Increment of load in columns column remains safe without undergoing any failure. The
jacketing for all failure columns are designed as per the
The load acting on the columns are gradually increased after guidance of Indian standard code IS 15988:2013. The stress
providing the jacketing to get the increased load carrying v/s strain and also load v/s deflection curve for columns with
capacity of the column. After stresses in the column and also respect to their corresponding loading in G+6 and G+8
deformation of the columns are note downed. The stresses building failure without and with jacketing columns are given
and deformation in both G+6 and G+8 building are given below,
below.
The stress v/s strain graph for without jacketing columns,
Table 8: Increment of load in G+6 building columns
Sl No. Column Pᵤ before Pᵤ after
name jacketing jacketing
1 C6 1229.75 1900
2 C7 1229.75 1900
3 C10 1229.75 1900
4 C11 1229.75 1900

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Load v/s Deflection graph for without jacketing columns

Figure 11: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1229.75

KN
Figure 15: Load v/s Deflection graph

The stress v/s strain graph for with jacketing columns,

Figure 12: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1237.2 KN

Figure 16: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1229.75

KN

Figure 13: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1272.21

KN

Figure 17: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1237.2 KN

Figure 14: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1624.04

KN

Figure 18: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1272.21

KN

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[2] IOSR-JMCE: Retrofitting of Columns of an Existing
Building by RC, FRP and SFRC Jacketing Techniques
Pranay Ranjan, Poonam Dhiman.
[3] IJCIET: Methods Of Seismic Retrofitting By Using
Etabs Software, Abdul Kalam, Muzeera Babu SK,
Lingeshwaran N Assistant Professor, Department of
Civil Engineering, KL University, Vaddeswaram,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
[4] IJETT: Non Linear Analysis of Jacketed Reinforced
Concrete Column, Nishad C S, Jerry Anto, Civil
Engineering Department, Ilahia College of Engineering
and Technology Mulavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
[5] IJRMEET: Retrofitting of Existing RCC Buildings by
Figure 19: Stress v/s strain graph for a loading of 1624.04 Method of Jacketing, Bhavar Dadasaheb O, Dhake
KN Pravinchandra D, Ogale Ramesh A.
[6] Numerical Analysis on Re-Strengthening of Reinforced
Load v/s Deflection graph for with jacketing columns Concrete Columns with Reinforced Concrete Jacketing
A. A. Saeem, M. S. Ahmed and Md. Rabiul Alam.

Author Profile
Dhanush S S Obtained B.E degree in Civil
Engineering in the year 2016 from Government
Engineering college, Kushalnagar, affiliated to VTU
Belgaum. Presently pursuing Master of Technology in
Structural Engineering at Ghousia College of
Engineering, Ramanagaram. Also working on this topic foe the
dissertation under the guidance of UMMER FAROOQ Pasha.

Ummer Farooq Pasha, M.Tech (Structures) Assistant

Figure 20: Load v/s Deflection graph professor, Department of civil engineering, Ghousia
College of engineering, Ramanagaram.

6. Conclusion
Dr. N.S Kumar, Prof. & Director (R&D), received the
 Strengthening techniques can be adopted as a feasible B.E. in Civil Engineering from Mysore University in
solution for enhancing the compression capacity of 1985, M.E. and Ph.D degrees from Bangalore.
concrete member.
 Confinement of concrete was achieved by jacketing the
specimen with concrete. The compressive behavior of the
specimens was enhanced due to the confinement pressure
exerted by the strengthening material.
 The cracking behavior of the specimen was enhanced due
to the presence of concrete jacket, the crack initiations
were reduced due its high tensile capacity.
 The deflection of the column decreases as the cross
section of the column increases.
 5. Deflection also got decreased as the thickness of
jacketing increased.
 6. The ultimate load carrying capacity also got increased
for jacketed column than column without jacketing.
 RC retrofitting technique are significant improvements in
Moment resisting capacity, shear strength capacity in
Beam and Axial load carrying capacity in column.

References

[1] IS 15988:2013, Seismic Evaluation And Strengthening

Of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings –Guidelines,
Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 2013.

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