Effects of Coal Gangue Coarse Aggregate on Seismic Behavior of Columns under Cyclic Loading

Abstract

Coal gangue is the rock discharged from coal mining. Using coal gangue as coarse aggregate is one of the solutions for the sustainable development of construction engineering. Five one-half scaled coal gangue concrete (CGC) frame columns with different coal gangue coarse aggregate replacement ratios were designed, and the effect of coal gangue coarse aggregate on seismic behavior of columns under cyclic loading was studied. The test results show that the failure of coal gangue coarse aggregate under cyclic loading is the main reason for the reduction in hysteretic performance of CGC specimens. Compared with natural aggregate concrete (NAC) specimen, the hysteretic behavior, deformation performance, and energy consumption of CGC columns were reduced. However, the seismic performance of CGC specimens with higher replacement ratio was better than that of CGC specimens with a lower replacement ratio. Compared with NAC specimen, the ductility and total energy dissipation of CGC specimen with r = 100% were only reduced by 8.2% and 12.8%. In addition, the test results also found that the higher the replacement ratio, the greater the shear deformation of the specimen. It is recommended to appropriately increase the stirrup ratio of CGC specimens in seismic design.