Experimental investigation on the shear capacity of prestressed concrete beams using digital image correlation

2015 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 82-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. De Wilder ◽  
P. Lava ◽  
D. Debruyne ◽  
Y. Wang ◽  
G. De Roeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Digital Image Correlation ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Prestressed Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Image Correlation

Comparison study of crack propagation in rubberized and conventional prestressed concrete sleepers using digital image correlation

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440972110205
Author(s):  
Guoqing Jing ◽  
Du yunchang ◽  
Ruilin You ◽  
Mohammad Siahkouhi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Image Correlation ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Prestressed Concrete ◽  
Mouth Opening ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Crack Mouth Opening Displacement ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Pure Bending ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Rubber Concrete

Rubber concrete (RC) has been confirmed to be suitable for concrete sleeper production. This paper studies the cracking behaviour of conventional and rubber-reinforced concrete sleepers based on the results of an experimental program. The cracking behaviour in the pure bending zone was analysed up to a load of 140 kN. The crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) was accordingly measured using a digital image correlation (DIC) method. The DIC results show that the rubber prestressed concrete sleeper (RPCS) has a resistance against crack initiation that is 20% greater than that of the conventional prestressed concrete sleeper (CPCS) under the same loading condition; however, due to the higher crack growth rate of the RPCS, the first crack detected by the operator forms at 60 kN, which corresponds to a strength approximately 9% lower compared with the 65 kN load at which the first crack is detected in the CPCS. Before the first crack (60 kN), the RPCS has a deflection 35% lower than that of the CPCS, but after cracking, at loads of 80 kN, 100 kN and 140 kN, the RPCS has a deflection 15%, 4% and 24% higher than that of the CPCS, respectively.

scholarly journals Monitoring Shear Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Using Acoustic Emission and Digital Image Correlation

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 5622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengqiao Zhang ◽  
Gabriela I. Zarate Garnica ◽  
Yuguang Yang ◽  
Eva Lantsoght ◽  
Henk Sliedrecht
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Digital Image Correlation ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Prestressed Concrete ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Bridge Girders ◽  
Concrete Bridge ◽  
Displacement Sensors ◽  
Prestressed Concrete Bridge

In the Netherlands, many prestressed concrete bridge girders are found to have insufficient shear–tension capacity. We tested four girders taken from a demolished bridge and instrumented these with traditional displacement sensors and acoustic emission (AE) sensors, and used cameras for digital image correlation (DIC). The results show that AE can detect cracking before the traditional displacement sensors, and DIC can identify the cracks with detailed crack kinematics. Both AE and DIC methods provide additional information for the structural analysis, as compared to the conventional measurements: more accurate cracking load, the contribution of aggregate interlock, and the angle of the compression field. These results suggest that both AE and DIC are suitable options that warrant further research on their use in lab tests and field testing of prestressed bridges.

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