Haider K.  Ammash, Sadjad A.  Hemzah, 
    Behavior of Concrete Columns Reinforced with Steel Strip Ties,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 12,Issue 23,
    2017,
    Pages 7345-7350,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2017.7345.7350,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.7345.7350)
    Abstract: The effect of using steel strips as a tied reinforcement instead of bar ties to reinforce concrete
columns was investigated. Five concrete columns with dimensions 150×150×1150 mm were reinforced with 4
bars of diameter 12 mm as the main reinforcement. One of these columns had a bar tie of diameter 8 mm used
as a reference column. The other four columns had strip ties with different widths, 90, 50, 31 and 22 mm and
thicknesses, 1-4 mm with an area equivalent to that of the regular ties in the reference beam. A good agreement
was obtained between the experimental and theoretical results using the abaqus finite element program. It was
found that, using 4 mm thickness plated ties could increase the ultimate load of concrete columns by 17%.
    Keywords: RC column;ties;steel strip;ABAQUS;finite element;obtained