A kinematics-based approach for the shear strength of short fibre-reinforced concrete coupling beams

2019 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 501-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyan Mihaylov
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Short Fibre ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Coupling Beams

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Shear Strength for Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Constantinos B. Demakos ◽  
Constantinos C. Repapis ◽  
Dimitros P. Drivas
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibre ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibres ◽  
Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Aims: The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of the volume fraction of fibres, the depth of the beam and the shear span-to-depth ratio on the shear strength of steel fibre reinforced concrete beams. Background: Concrete is a material widely used in structures, as it has high compressive strength and stiffness with low cost manufacturing. However, it presents low tensile strength and ductility. Therefore, through years various materials have been embedded inside it to improve its properties, one of which is steel fibres. Steel fibre reinforced concrete presents improved flexural, tensile, shear and torsional strength and post-cracking ductility. Objective: A better understanding of the shear performance of SFRC could lead to improved behaviour and higher safety of structures subject to high shear forces. Therefore, the influence of steel fibres on shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without transverse reinforcement is experimentally investigated. Methods: Eighteen concrete beams were constructed for this purpose and tested under monotonic four-point bending, six of which were made of plain concrete and twelve of SFRC. Two different aspect ratios of beams, steel fibres volume fractions and shear span-to-depth ratios were selected. Results: During the experimental tests, the ultimate loading, deformation at the mid-span, propagation of cracks and failure mode were detected. From the tests, it was shown that SFRC beams with high volume fractions of fibres exhibited an increased shear capacity. Conclusion: The addition of steel fibres resulted in a slight increase of the compressive strength and a significant increase in the tensile strength of concrete and shear resistance capacity of the beam. Moreover, these beams exhibit a more ductile behaviour. Empirical relations predicting the shear strength capacity of fibre reinforced concrete beams were revised and applied successfully to verify the experimental results obtained in this study.

scholarly journals Reliability-based assessment of the partial factor for shear design of fibre reinforced concrete members without shear reinforcement

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Miguel Bairán ◽  
Nikola Tošić ◽  
Albert de la Fuente
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Shear Resistance ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Model Code ◽  
Shear Design ◽  
Model Code 2010 ◽  
Partial Factor ◽  
Failure Probabilities

AbstractFibre reinforced concrete (FRC) is increasingly used for structural purposes owing to its many benefits, especially in terms of improved overall sustainability of FRC structures relative to traditional reinforced concrete (RC). Such increased structural use of FRC requires safe and reliable models for its design in ultimate limit states (ULS). Particularly important are models for shear strength of FRC members without shear resistance due to the potential of brittle failure. The fib Model Code 2010 contains a model for the shear strength of FRC members without shear reinforcement and the same partial factor accepted for RC structures is accepted for FRC elements. This approach, however, is potentially on the unsafe side since the uncertainties of some design-determining mechanical properties of FRC (i.e., residual flexural strength) are larger than those for RC. Therefore, in this study, a comprehensive reliability-based calibration of the partial factor γc for the shear design of FRC members without shear reinforcement according to the fib Model Code 2010 model is performed. As a first step, the model error δ is assessed on 332 experimental results. Then, a parametric analysis of 700 cases is performed and a relationship between the target failure probability βR and γc is established. The results demonstrate that the current model together with the prescribed value of γc = 1.50 does not comply with the failure probabilities accepted for the different consequences of failure of FRC members over a 50-year service life. Therefore, changes to the shear resistance model are proposed in order to achieve the target failure probabilities.

Numerical Modelling for Shear Strength Evaluation of a High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beam According to fib Model Code 2010 Guidelines

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Giacomim Mendes de Andrade ◽  
Magno Teixeira Mota ◽  
Michèle Schubert Pfeil ◽  
Romildo Dias Toledo Filho ◽  
Ronaldo Carvalho Battista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Numerical Modelling ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Model Code ◽  
Model Code 2010 ◽  
High Performance Fibre
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