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DOI: 10.5937/jaes0-39723
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Yazan Momani*
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan

Ahmad Tarawneh
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite University, P.O. box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

Roaa Alawadi
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan

Ziad N. Taqieddin
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan

Yazeed S. Jweihan
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mutah University, Mutah, Karak, 61710, P.O. BOX 7, Jordan

Eman Saleh
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite University, P.O. box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

This paper proposes a new model for predicting the axial capacity and behavior of Fiber Reinforced Polymer-reinforced concrete (FRP-RC) columns using a promising variant of Genetic Expression Programming (GEP). Current design codes, such as the ACI 440.1R-15 and the Canadian Code CSA S806, disregard the compressive contribution of FRP bars when used in compression members. The behavior of concentrically short FRP-RC columns has been widely investigated in the past few years; however, limited research has been dedicated to investigating the effect of load eccentricity and the slenderness ratio of FRP-RC columns. In addition, the methodologies adopted for including the effect of column slenderness remain a subject of debate, as no solid conclusions are withdrawn in this regard. In this paper, the experimental results of FRP-RC columns are gathered from the literature and used to formulate two GEP models to predict the axial capacity based on load eccentricity. The experimental data includes columns reinforced with different FRP types and subjected to concentric and eccentric axial compressive loads. In addition, the database comprises short and slender columns. The proposed GEP models are functions of concrete compressive strength, longitudinal reinforcing bars ratio, FRP bars elastic modulus, eccentricity level, and column dimensions. For the aim of comparison, a preliminary evaluation of previously suggested empirical equations/models for estimating the axial capacity of FRP-RC columns was carried out over the collected database. The proposed models showed superior accuracy in axial capacity prediction with coefficients of determination R2 equals to 0.978 and R2 equal to 0.992 for eccentric and concentric axial load, respectively. The proposed models were found to give reliable estimates of the axial capacity of columns reinforced with FRP longitudinal bars. Finally, a parametric study to evaluate the effect of each variable on the proposed models was conducted.

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