Response Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Block Structural Walls Subjected to Blast Loading

2015 ◽  
Vol 141 (11) ◽  
pp. 04015043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa ElSayed ◽  
Wael El-Dakhakhni ◽  
Michael Tait
2018 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 02016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehya Temsah ◽  
Ali Jahami ◽  
Jamal Khatib ◽  
M Sonebi

Many engineering facilities are severely damaged by blast loading. Therefore, many manufacturers of sensitive, breakable, and deformed structures (such as facades of glass buildings) carry out studies and set standards for these installations to withstand shock waves caused by explosions. Structural engineers also use these standards in their designs for various structural elements by following the ISO Damage Carve, which links pressure and Impulse. As all the points below this curve means that the structure is safe and will not exceed the degree of damage based on the various assumptions made. This research aims to derive the Iso-Damage curve of a reinforced concrete beam exposed to blast wave. An advanced volumetric finite element program (ABAQUS) will be used to perform the derivation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Novita Ike Triyuliani ◽  
Sri Murni Dewi ◽  
Lilya Susanti

The innovations strengthening building structures are important topics. Failure in structures such as beams and columns due to time, re-functions of a building, even initial design errors that are weak or lack the safety factor of a building structure. External reinforced concrete beams are one of the beams currently being developed. It is a concrete block with reinforcement of steel reinforcement on the outer (external) of the beam. This study aims to determine the index of increasing beam strength and ductility after retrofitting external steel reinforcement, which has the dimension of beams 15 x 15 x 100 cm, repeating 12 pcs, with external reinforcement each 6 pcs 2Ø6 and 3Ø6. The results from this study are an increasing the index of beam flexural strength after retrofit with external steel reinforcement. Meanwhile, beams after retrofit with 2Ø6 external steel have an average increase index of 1.25 and 1.21 while for external steel 3Ø6 are 1.29 and 1.60 respectively. The ductility depends on the value of ultimate load and maximum deflection that occurs, where the ductility value for the comparison of each specimen experiences a reduction in the average ductility value with 2Ø6 external steel which is 37.74% and 70.95% while with 3Ø6 external steel is 61,65% and 60.62%. Berbagai inovasi upaya peningkatan kekuatan struktur bangunan telah menjadi bahasan yang penting. Kegagalan pada struktur seperti balok dan kolom karena umur, alih fungsi suatu bangunan, bahkan kesalahan desain awal yang lemah atau kurang memenuhi faktor keamanan suatu struktur bangunan. Balok beton bertulangan eksternal adalah salah satu balok yang sedang dikembangkan pada saat ini, yaitu balok beton dengan perkuatan tulangan baja di sisi terluar (eksternal). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui indeks peningkatan kekuatan balok dan daktilitas setelah dilakukan perbaikan menggunakan tulangan baja eksternal, dengan dimensi balok 15 × 15 × 100 cm berulang 12 buah, penambahan tulangan baja eksternal masingmasing 6 buah 2Ø6 dan 3Ø6. Hasil yang didapat dari penelitian ini adalah indeks peningkatan kekuatan lentur balok setelah dilakukan perbaikan menggunakan tulangan baja eksternal. Dimana balok setelah dilakukan perbaikan dengan baja eksternal 2Ø6 memiliki indeks peningkatan rata-rata 1,25 dan 1,21 sedangkan untuk baja eksternal 3Ø6 masing-masing 1,29 dan 1,60. Daktilitas tergantung dari nilai beban ultimit dan lendutan maksimum yang terjadi, dimana nilai daktilitas untuk perbandingan tiap benda uji mengalami reduksi nilai daktilitas rata-rata dengan baja eksternal 2Ø6 yaitu sebesar 37,74% dan 70,95% sedangkan dengan baja eksternal 3Ø6 sebesar 61,65% dan 60,62%.


Author(s):  
S. O. Adetola

Efforts have been made to improve the quality and performance of concrete structures especially its permeability and durability properties. Concrete is a heterogeneous material containing several components (sand, aggregate, cement, etc.) which vary in size and geometry, and their positions in the concrete enclosure are randomly distributed, giving them defects even before experiencing any form of mechanical loading. In this study, the compositions of Chicken Feather Fibre (CFF) and Synthetic Hair Fibre (SHF) by weight were varied by 0%, 1.5%, 2.5%, 3.5% and 5% for Samples A to E respectively. Physical and Mechanical properties such as water absorption (WA), thickness swelling (TS), compressive and split tensile strength were determined. Results showed that WA and TS property of the fibre reinforced concrete block decreased with decrease in percentage by weight of CFF and SHF and curing days with highest value being 10.01 to a lowest value of 0.14. Also, compressive strength (CS) for sample A increased with increase in curing days from 16.98MPa at 7 days to 20.66MPa at 28 days and sample B has its highest CS at 14 days with 9.98 MPa while other samples decreased progressively. Split Tensile Strength (STS) for sample A increases with increase in curing days from 9.84MPa to 13.64MPa while sample B decreases from 7 to 21 days of curing from 5.43MPa to 4.79MPa and increased at 28 days to 4.92MPa. Samples C, D and E follow same trend as sample B. The SEM study shows that the interlocking concrete block (ICB) containing 0% of chicken feather and synthetic hair fibre has brittle characteristics while other samples containing different percentage by weight of chicken feather and synthetic hair fibre shows ductile characteristics. CFF and SHF enhanced WA, TS, CS and STS of fibre reinforced concrete.


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