2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2292
Author(s):  
Alaaeldin Abouelleil ◽  
Hayder A. Rasheed

Nonlinear analysis of structural members is vital to understand the behavior and the response of reinforced concrete members. Even though most design procedures concentrate on the ultimate stage of response towards the end of the post-yielding zone as the decisive design criterion, the structural members usually function at the service load levels within the post-cracking zone. Therefore, cracking is a critical aspect of concrete behavior that affects the overall response of reinforced concrete beams. The initiation and the propagation of the cracks are affected directly by the tension and shear stresses in the beam. In flexural beams, the tensile stresses dominate the crack onset and its growth. Cracks in reinforced concrete flexural beams leave non-cracked regions in between the cracked sections. In order to apply a consistent analysis strategy, the smeared crack approach averages the behavior of these different cracked sections and uncracked in between regions to generate an accurate global response of the entire beam. This study presents a numerical constitutive tensile model that captures the complete tensile response of the reinforced concrete flexural member, in terms of averaged/smeared crack response. As a second step, this model was examined against a large pool of experimental data to validate its accuracy. Overall, the main objective of this study is to develop a representative constitutive tensile model for reinforced concrete flexural members and validate its accuracy against experimental results. The full nonlinear sectional response is analytically realized, based on the assumed trilinear moment–curvature response and the assumed trilinear moment–extreme fiber compressive strain response. This is considered as the secondary outcome of the present study.


2010 ◽  
Vol 150-151 ◽  
pp. 354-357
Author(s):  
Heng Yan Xie ◽  
Xin Zheng

Self- compacting concrete (SCC) has characteristics of good flow-ability, non-vibrating and self-compacting. It is the optimum to be used in concrete members with densely distributed steel bar and concrete is inconvenient to be vibrated. The mixture ratio of design grade of C20 and C40 SCC commonly used in project is given after trial mix. The compression stress-strain relation of SCC prism is obtained by MTS. The Mechanical property indexes of SCC are got. The ultimate compression strain of the extreme fiber is acquired by testing beam made of SCC, and the relation between the ultimate compression strain of the extreme fiber in flexural member and the strain at the peak of the stress-strain curve subjected to uniaxial compression is given.


2011 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 434-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Acito ◽  
Flavio Stochino ◽  
Sergio Tattoni

The random nature of the explosion load, associated with the random nature of material properties, and geometric dimensional characteristics, implies the need to consider them into the reliability analysis in order to have a more correct estimation of the structural behavior. Therefore, when the randomness of these parameters in the analysis is considered, the response of the structure assumes probabilistic nature, and this makes it necessary to look into the reliability measure. This paper presents results from a parametric investigation of the reliability of reinforced concrete (RC) beam subjected to blast load. The probabilistic responses of the maximum displacement for a reinforced concrete flexural member under blast loadings are evaluated by means of nonlinear dynamic analysis with simplified equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system. Results of numerical simulations have shown the response of structures, in terms of maximum displacement in relation also to the blast load and the geometrical and mechanical characteristics of the beams. Monte Carlo simulation of dynamic response of the equivalent SDOF system is performed to estimate the reliability.


2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 03048
Author(s):  
Sergei Prokhorov

Since ancient times, wooden structures have been used by man for the construction of buildings and facilities. For many centuries, the structural elements of buildings and facilities made of wood have been the main ones, and still have broad prospects for use in modern capital construction, as they have sufficient high strength and stiffness, are reliable and durable, while having a small mounting weight. In particular, a number of Western countries are already erecting high-rise buildings using a framework of laminated wood constructions. The indisputable advantage of wooden structures is environmental friendliness. However, with all the harmony of the wood structure, its tracheid’s are not standard, which is the main reason for the variability of its mechanical properties. With alteration of a cross-section of flexural member, the nature of the load distribution, as well as the nature of the fracture, changes. An additional factor that affecting the force distribution is the nature of the reinforcement and methods of the reinforcement fixing methods. The methods used to calculate the “low” reinforced beams often give a large error in the calculation of “high” beams. In the work, a rational methodology for calculating wooden glued reinforced beams with symmetrical reinforcement is determined.


2011 ◽  
Vol 94-96 ◽  
pp. 1066-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
Xian Zhang Hou ◽  
Feng Xu ◽  
Xue Fei Zhang

According to good property of concrete-filled steel tubes(CFST) when they are subjected to compression load and their disadvantage to bending load. A new type of composite external prestressed concrete-filled steel tubular structure has been presented in this paper, which has the high tension strength of prestressed tendon and good anti-compression capacity of CFST. Based on the analysis of the mechanism, the flexural capacity of the structure can be greatly enhanced. And the criterion and method is given.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 1535-1538
Author(s):  
Nan Zhao ◽  
Wen Yan

This paper analyses the characteristics of resistance of structural components, puts forward the concept of early resistance force of structural components, and discuss the main factors which affect it based on the field measurement investigation and theoretical analysis. Besides, in the paper the reduction factor is applied to reflect time-varying features of early-age concrete strength, and utilization coefficient of concrete strength is utilized to present the influence of early time-varying features of cohesive action on resistance. The paper finally deduces the formula of early-age resistance force of typical flexural member, and gives the time-changing law of early resistance by using a case.


Author(s):  
James J. Joo ◽  
David H. Myszka

Abstract This paper presents the design of a novel compliant bistable mechanism. Bistable mechanisms are commonly used in switches and other devices that operate in two distinct modes. This mechanism is a single monolithic structure with simple geometry and does not require external components or post-manufacture assembly. As such, the design is ideally suited for additive manufacturing at large, or micro, scales. The design features a fixed-guided flexural member with surrounding geometry. When a load is applied to the mechanism in a stable configuration, the flexural member exhibits an inflection point that enables bifurcated behavior. As a result, the mechanism snaps between two stable positions in an on-off operation mode. This paper describes the mechanism geometry and its operation. Preliminary design modeling equations are formulated. A finite element simulation is presented that verifies the design equations. Lastly, a prototype is presented to confirm the operation and facilitate force and displacement measurements.


2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 1245-1248
Author(s):  
Young Gyun Hong ◽  
Gi Sub Hong ◽  
Jae Kyu Kang ◽  
Kyu Hong Hwang ◽  
Jeong Bae Yoon

The innovative method based on prefabricated fiber laminate composites bonded to lightweight precast panel was applied for quality control of RC strengthening members. The experimental investigations for this method were presented for flexural member. Three different groups such as control group without strengthening, conventional fiber bonding group and innovated PFLC group bonded to precast panel. Tested results showed good or better capacities comparing to conventional strengthening method for flexural members. This investigation indicate that good enhancement with respect to quality control and reliability can be possible by the installation and epoxy injection with prefabricated panel using fiber laminate composites.


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