Download or read book Constitutive Modeling and Flexural Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Structural Applications written by Cha-Don Lee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structural Applications of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Analysis and Design written by Abdeslam Reklaoui and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Harvinder Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses design aspects of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) members, including the behavior of the SFRC and its modeling. It also examines the effect of various parameters governing the response of SFRC members in detail. Unlike other publications available in the form of guidelines, which mainly describe design methods based on experimental results, it describes the basic concepts and principles of designing structural members using SFRC as a structural material, predominantly subjected to flexure and shear. Although applications to special structures, such as bridges, retaining walls, tanks and silos are not specifically covered, the fundamental design concepts remain the same and can easily be extended to these elements. It introduces the principles and related theories for predicting the role of steel fibers in reinforcing concrete members concisely and logically, and presents various material models to predict the response of SFRC members in detail. These are then gradually extended to develop an analytical flexural model for the analysis and design of SFRC members. The lack of such a discussion is a major hindrance to the adoption of SFRC as a structural material in routine design practice. This book helps users appraise the role of fiber as reinforcement in concrete members used alone and/or along with conventional rebars. Applications to singly and doubly reinforced beams and slabs are illustrated with examples, using both SFRC and conventional reinforced concrete as a structural material. The influence of the addition of steel fibers on various mechanical properties of the SFRC members is discussed in detail, which is invaluable in helping designers and engineers create optimum designs. Lastly, it describes the generally accepted methods for specifying the steel fibers at the site along with the SFRC mixing methods, storage and transport and explains in detail methods to validate the adopted design. This book is useful to practicing engineers, researchers, and students.

Download or read book Numerical Modeling of Concrete Cracking written by Guenter Hofstetter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the underlying theories of the different approaches for modeling cracking of concrete and provides a critical survey of the state-of-the-art in computational concrete mechanics. It covers a broad spectrum of topics related to modeling of cracks, including continuum-based and discrete crack models, meso-scale models, advanced discretization strategies to capture evolving cracks based on the concept of finite elements with embedded discontinuities and on the extended finite element method, and extensions to coupled problems such a hygro-mechanical problems as required in computational durability analyses of concrete structures.

Download or read book Design oriented Constitutive Model for Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Felipe Laranjeira de Oliveira and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Flexural Analysis for Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by S. Balaji and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structural Applications of Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Nemkumar Banthia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constitutive Modeling of Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Dajin Liu and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete ACI 318 05 and Commentary ACI 318R 05 written by ACI Committee 318 and published by American Concrete Institute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On Shear Behavior of Structural Elements Made of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Estefanía Cuenca and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on the shear behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) elements, presenting a thorough analysis of the most important studies in the field and highlighting their shortcomings and issues that have been neglected to date. Instead of proposing a new formula, which would add to an already long list, it instead focuses on existing design codes. Based on a comparison of experimental tests, it provides a thorough analysis of these codes, describing both their reliability and weaknesses. Among other issues, the book addresses the influence of flange size on shear, and the possible inclusion of the flange factor in design formulas. Moreover, it reports in detail on tests performed on beams made of concrete of different compressive strengths, and on fiber reinforcements to study the influence on shear, including size effects. Lastly, the book presents a thorough analysis of FRC hollow core slabs. In fact, although this is an area of great interest in the current research landscape, it remains largely unexplored due to the difficulties encountered in attempting to fit transverse reinforcement in these elements.

Download or read book Development Characterization and Fundamental Investigation of Latex modified Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Atef Tlili and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Numerical Approach for Modeling Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Alba Pros Parés and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One alternative to overcome the main drawbacks of plain concrete in tension (its brittleness and weakness) is Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC), a technique introduced in the 70's, which consists of adding steel fibers into the concrete matrix. Due to the presence of the steel fibers into the concrete matrix, the residual strength and the energy dissipation of the material increase. Moreover, once a crack appears in the concrete, the steel fibers sew this fissure. The shape, the length and the slenderness of the fibers influence on the SFRC behavior. Moreover, the distribution and the orientation of the fibers into the concrete domain must be taken into account for characterizing the material. In order to characterize the behavior of SFRC, a numerical tool is needed. The aim is to simulate the most standard and common tests (direct and indirect tension tests, flexural test, double punch tes,¿) and more complex setups. This thesis proposes a numerical tool for modeling SFRC avoiding homogenized models (not accurate enough) and conformal meshes (too expensive). Therefore, the numerical tool accounts for the actual geometry of the fibers, discretized as 1D bars nonconformal with the concrete bulk mesh (2D or 3D domains). The two materials, corresponding to the concrete bulk and the fiber cloud, are defined independently, but coupled by imposing displacement compatibility. This compatibility is enforced following the ideas of the Immersed Boundary methods. Two different models are considered for modeling the concrete bulk (a continuous one and a discontinuous one). The parametric study of each model is done for only plain concrete, before the addition of the steel fibers. A phenomenological mesomodel is defined for modeling steel fibers, on the basis of the analytical expressions describing the pullout tests. This phenomenological mesomodel not only describes the behavior of the steel fibers, but also accounts for the concrete-fiber interaction behavior. For each fiber, its constitutive equation is defined depending on its shape (straight or hooked) and the angle between the fiber and the normal direction of the failure pattern. Both 2D and 3D examples are reproduced with the proposed numerical tool. The obtained results illustrate the presence of the steel fibers into the concrete matrix. The shape of the fiber influences of the SFRC behavior: the residual strength is higher for hooked fibers than for straight ones. Moreover, increasing the quantity of fibers means increasing the residual strength of the material. The obtained numerical results are compared to the experimental ones (under the same hypothesis). Therefore, the proposed numerical approach of SFRC is validated experimentally.

Download or read book Non linear Structural Modeling and Micromechanism Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete written by Xiao Dong HU and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Concrete and Concrete Structures written by M. Y. H. Bangash and published by Spon Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constitutive Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Multiaxial Loading written by Hon-Yim Ko and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constitutive properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) are being studied experimentally in a unique fluid cushion multiaxial cubical test cell at the University of Colorado. In the first phase of the program, the behavior of FRC was tested under three-dimensional compressive loading. The strength and stress-strain properties are analyzed by using constitutive models available in the literature. In the second phase, a modification to the existing test apparatus was made for testing cubical specimens under direct tension loading. The modification consists of brushes with individual bristles glued to the specimen. In this paper, results are shown from the biaxial tension-compression test program to demonstrate the strength interaction. (Author).

Download or read book Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Slabs in Punching Shear written by Todd Puddicome and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Punching shear capacity of reinforced concrete slabs is influenced by the following material properties: concrete compressive strength, flexural reinforcement ratio, inclusion of steel fibers in the concrete mix, and the reinforcing steel yield strength. A review of current finite element analysis models reveals that a unified approach to include all of these variables into one coherent model does not exist. This thesis presents a finite element model capable of making accurate predictions on the ultimate punching shear load and load - deflection response of a reinforced concrete slab. The model simulates the nonlinear constitutive properties of reinforced concrete by proposing a robust model to represent the behavior through the Concrete Damaged Plasticity (CDP) constitutive model. The thesis defines the parameters for the CDP model in a finite element analysis and develops an expression to mitigate mesh size dependency. A tension - stiffening model is proposed using an exponential decay expression with variables to account for varying concrete compressive strength, flexural reinforcement ratio, inclusion of steel fibers in the concrete mix, and the reinforcing steel yield strength. The model is calibrated using a series of experimental data from the literature and validated by successfully replicating the punching shear behavior of experimental specimens data from the literature.

Download or read book Tension Stiffening in Reinforced High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Based Composites written by Daniel Mauricio Moreno Luna and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cement-based composites, such as concrete, are extensively used in a variety of structural applications. However, concrete exhibits a brittle tensile behavior that could lead to reduced durability and structural performance in the long term. The use of discontinuous fibers to reduce the brittleness of the concrete, and improve its post-cracking tensile behavior, has been a focus of structural materials research since the 1960's. Cement-based materials reinforced with short discontinuous fibers are known as Fiber Reinforced Composites (FRC). High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement-based Composites (HPFRCC) are a special type of FRC materials that exhibit tensile strain-hardening behavior under varied types of loading conditions such as direct tension or bending. The use of HPFRCC materials in structural applications has shown to improve not only durability and long term performance, but also has proven to enhance inelastic load-deformation behavior, ductility, energy dissipation and shear capacity. The use of HPFRCC materials can also result in a potential reduction of steel reinforcement required for both flexure and shear relative to traditional reinforced concrete structures. The interaction between the mild steel and the ductile HPFRCC matrix in tension was investigated in contrast to that of normal weight concrete. The measured responses demonstrated both the tension stiffening effects of HPFRCC materials as well as the early strain hardening and fracture of the reinforcing bar relative to that in a normal weight concrete observed through full specimen response up to fracturing of the reinforcement. All of the HPFRCC specimens tested exhibited multiple cracking in uniaxial tension. Splitting cracks observed in the concrete at low specimen strain levels and in HyFRC and SC-HyFRC specimens at higher specimen strain levels contributed to the spreading of strain along the reinforcing bar in those specimens, resulting in a larger displacement capacity relative to the ECC specimens, which did not exhibit splitting cracks. Early strain hardening is hypothesized to be the reason for the additional strength observed in specimens subjected to flexure where the interaction between the steel and the HPFRCC matrix plays an important role in the load-displacement response. A modified approach for estimating the flexural capacity of a section of reinforced HPFRCC using experimental tension stiffening data was proposed and demonstrated to improve the accuracy of flexural capacity predictions. Two-dimensional finite element modeling approaches using a total strain based constitutive model were investigated. The numerical simulations demonstrated the relevance of using standard characterization tests to define the tensile and compressive stress-strain curves for the material constitutive model. The simulations capture the initial and post cracking stiffness, load at first cracking, load and strain at localization and deformation capacity observed in the experiments. Multiple cracking was observed in the numerical simulations for the ECC and HyFRC. The models were able to simulate the cracking progression and localization of strains at primary and secondary cracks for the ECC and the HyFRC. The numerical simulations that used the splitting bond-slip model captured the distribution of the strains in the steel better than perfect bond and pull-out bond-slip models as the slip in the interface allowed for a less localized failure of the specimens, especially in the ECC models. The models were also able to accurately capture the early hardening behavior observed in the experiments. A methodology to estimate the flexural strength of HPFRCC structural components by using numerical simulation of tension stiffening has been proposed and validated on a high performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRC) infill panel and ECC and HyFRC beams. This methodology serves as an extension of the methodology proposed using experimental tension stiffening results. In the absence of additional experiments, numerical simulation is proposed. A good level of accuracy has been found between the predicted and actual flexural capacities of the investigated components. The proposed methodology is based on the current assumptions from planar analysis used in the calculation of flexural strength in reinforced concrete components.