A constitutive model of concrete confined by steel reinforcements and steel jackets

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y-F Li ◽  
S-H Chen ◽  
K-C Chang ◽  
K-Y Liu

In this paper, a total of 60 concrete cylinders 30 cm in diameter and 60 cm in length confined by steel jackets of different thicknesses and different types of lateral steel reinforcements are tested to obtain the stress–strain curves of the cylinders. A constitutive model is proposed to describe the behavior of concrete confined by steel reinforcement, steel jackets, and both steel reinforcement and steel jackets used to retrofit and strengthen reinforced concrete structures. The confined concrete stress–strain curve of the proposed model is divided into two regions: the curve in the first region is approximated using a second-order polynomial equation, and that in the second region using an nth-order power-law equation, where n is a function of the unconfined concrete strength and the lateral confining stress. The results of the experiments show that different types of lateral steel reinforcement contribute greatly to the compressive strength of concrete cylinders confined by the reinforcement. Comparing the stress–strain curves of the uniaxial test with that from the proposed model, we conclude that the proposed model for concrete confined by a steel jacket and lateral steel reinforcement can predict the experimental results very well.Key words: constitutive model, steel jacket, confined concrete.

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 1289-1292
Author(s):  
Guo Liang Zhu

Regional confined concrete is base on confined concrete. It is the theory and application of a new attempt and development on confined concrete. To apply it to the actual project, we need to research mechanical properties and establish constitutive relationship of regional confined concrete. According to the research, we had carried on a series of tests, founded the stress-strain constitutive model of regional confined concrete under single axial press. The accuracy of theoretical analysis were more fully verified , and a theoretical basis for the application was provided.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piero Colajanni ◽  
Maurizio Papia ◽  
Nino Spinella

This paper provides a new general stress-strain law for concrete confined by steel, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP), or fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM), obtained by a suitable modification of the well-known Sargin’s curve for steel confined concrete. The proposed law is able to reproduce stress-strain curve of any shape, having both hardening or softening behavior, by using a single closed-form simple algebraic expression with constant coefficients. The coefficients are defined on the basis of the stress and the tangent modulus of the confined concrete in three characteristic points of the curve, thus being related to physical meaningful parameters. It will be shown that if the values of the parameters of the law are deduced from experimental tests, the model is able to accurately reproduce the experimental curve. If they are evaluated on the basis of an analysis-oriented model, the proposed model provides a handy equivalent design model.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1393
Author(s):  
Xiaochang Duan ◽  
Hongwei Yuan ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Jingjing He ◽  
Xuefei Guan

This study develops a general temperature-dependent stress–strain constitutive model for polymer-bonded composite materials, allowing for the prediction of deformation behaviors under tension and compression in the testing temperature range. Laboratory testing of the material specimens in uniaxial tension and compression at multiple temperatures ranging from −40 ∘C to 75 ∘C is performed. The testing data reveal that the stress–strain response can be divided into two general regimes, namely, a short elastic part followed by the plastic part; therefore, the Ramberg–Osgood relationship is proposed to build the stress–strain constitutive model at a single temperature. By correlating the model parameters with the corresponding temperature using a response surface, a general temperature-dependent stress–strain constitutive model is established. The effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed model are validated using several independent sets of testing data and third-party data. The performance of the proposed model is compared with an existing reference model. The validation and comparison results show that the proposed model has a lower number of parameters and yields smaller relative errors. The proposed constitutive model is further implemented as a user material routine in a finite element package. A simple structural example using the developed user material is presented and its accuracy is verified.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 529
Author(s):  
Chunzhi Du ◽  
Zhifan Li ◽  
Bingfei Liu

Nanoporous Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) are widely used in aerospace, military industry, medical and health and other fields. More and more attention has been paid to its mechanical properties. In particular, when the size of the pores is reduced to the nanometer level, the effect of the surface effect of the nanoporous material on the mechanical properties of the SMA will increase sharply, and the residual strain of the SMA material will change with the nanoporosity. In this work, the expression of Young’s modulus of nanopore SMA considering surface effects is first derived, which is a function of nanoporosity and nanopore size. Based on the obtained Young’s modulus, a constitutive model of nanoporous SMA considering residual strain is established. Then, the stress–strain curve of dense SMA based on the new constitutive model is drawn by numerical method. The results are in good agreement with the simulation results in the published literature. Finally, the stress-strain curves of SMA with different nanoporosities are drawn, and it is concluded that the Young’s modulus and strength limit decrease with the increase of nanoporosity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1089 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Jiang Wang ◽  
Sheng Li Guo ◽  
Sheng Pu Liu ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Qi Fei Zheng

The hot deformation behavior of SiC/6168Al composite was studied by means of hot compression tests in the temperature range of 300-450 °C and strain rate range of 0.01-10 s-1. The constitutive model was developed to predict the stress-strain curves of this composite during hot deformation. This model was established by considering the effect of the strain on material constants calculated by using the Zenter-Hollomon parameter in the hyperbolic Arrhenius-type equation. It was found that the relationship of n, α, Q, lnA and ε could be expressed by a five-order polynomial. The stress-strain curves obtained by this model showed a good agreement with experimental results. The proposed model can accurately describe the hot flow behavior of SiC/6168Al composite, and can be used to numerically analyze the hot forming processes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.2) ◽  
pp. 376
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Semko ◽  
Olga Gukasian ◽  
Serhii Skliarenko

The paper sums up a series of experimental studies describing the influence of most types of concreting common defects, such as core weakening: weak compression inclusions, voids, height heterogeneity of concrete. The basis of the experimental study is the research on the concrete core production conditions influence on tube confined concrete elements and the change in physical and mechanical characteristics of the elements. The concrete strength is estimated based on the results of the study of specially shaped samples with given dimensions. According to the results of concreting samples with different types of modeled defects (abnormalities) inspection, the most dangerous damages of the concrete core were identified and different variants of the height strength retrogression of the elements under study were analyzed. As a result, the degree and type of damage to the tube confined concrete elements core of the samples, which affect the fracture pattern, was established. 


Author(s):  
Panos J Athanasiadis

Slackline is a new and rapidly expanding sport, which has had minimal research published on it in terms of sport physics and engineering. Slackline dynamics strongly depend upon the elastic response of used webbing, typically made of polyester or nylon. Depending on the stress and strain rates applied, polymers are known to exhibit a visco-elastic behavior characterized by hysteresis effects. Through a series of carefully executed experiments, this study examined the behavior of slackline webbing under dynamic loads to determine the departures from the respective static response (stress–strain curves). Such knowledge is fundamental for the accurate simulation of slackline dynamics, so as to predict peak forces and aid safe rigging. The results demonstrate that the effective modulus during leash falls was significantly higher than the slope of the respective stress–strain curve, indicating a stiffer response. Also, the effective modulus increased with the applied pretension. Using the moduli determined experimentally for the rigged slacklines with different types of webbing, the respective leash falls were simulated numerically with high accuracy. A standardized test is proposed, to be adopted by the International Slackline Association and slackline webbing manufacturers, is proposed in order to provide key information on the response of each webbing available in the market under typical dynamic loads, similar to the “impact force” test designed for dynamic ropes by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 975 ◽  
pp. 203-207
Author(s):  
Shih Tsung Hsu ◽  
Wen Chi Hu ◽  
Yu Heng Lin ◽  
Zhuo Ling

Constitutive models for soils are usually adopted in numerical method to analyze the behavior of geotechnical structures. This study performs a series of consolidated-undrained triaxial tests to establish the stress-strain curve of clay. A constitutive model that considers continuous strain hardening-softening is proposed based on the results of triaxial tests. Triaxial test results reveal that undrained shear strength linearly increases with an increase in consolidated pressure , the normalized undrained shear strength is about 0.52 not only for this study but also for the other two cases around Taipei Basin. Due to undrained condition, an associated flow rule between plastic strain increment and stress tensor is adopted. As accumulative plastic strain or/and consolidated pressure change, the mobilized undrained shear strength also changes. All parameters needed for the proposed model can be expressed as a function of undrained shear strength Su, The mobilized undrained shear strength for the proposed model during strain hardening-softening can be in term of accumulative plastic strain. This model can calculate the stress-strain curves of clayed soils accurately.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1119 ◽  
pp. 760-765
Author(s):  
Thomas Vincent ◽  
Togay Ozbakkloglu

This paper reports on an experimental investigation on the influence of FRP-to-concrete interface gap, caused by concrete shrinkage, on axial compressive behavior of concrete-filled FRP tube (CFFT) columns. A total of 12 aramid FRP (AFRP)-confined concrete specimens with circular cross-sections were manufactured. 3 of these specimens were instrumented to monitor long term shrinkage strain development and the remaining 9 were tested under monotonic axial compression. The influence of concrete shrinkage was examined by applying a gap of up to 0.06 mm thickness at the FRP-to-concrete interface, simulating 800 microstrain of shrinkage in the radial direction. Axial strain recordings were compared on specimens instrumented with two different measurement methods: full-and mid-height linear variable displacement transformers (LVDTs). Results of the experimental study indicate that the influence of interface gap on stress-strain behavior is significant, with an increase in interface gap resulting in a decrease and increase in the compressive strength and ultimate axial strain, respectively. It was also observed that an increase in interface gap leads to a slight loss in axial stress at the transition region of the stress-strain curve. Finally, it is found that an increase in the interface gap results in a significant decrease in the ratio of the ultimate axial strains obtained from mid-section and full-height LVDTs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 580-583 ◽  
pp. 312-315
Author(s):  
Hui Mei Zhang ◽  
Xiang Miao Xie ◽  
Geng She Yang

From the feature of rock micro-unit failure obeys Poisson random distribution, the damage softening statistical constitutive of was established under true triaxial confinement based on D-P criterion, so the impact of the intermediate principal stress on rock deformation and failure was considered in theory, and the actual engineering rock complex stress path evolution was reflected more realistically. Furthermore, according to the geometrical conditions of stress-strain relationship, the theoretical relationship between constitutive model parameters and the stress-strain curve characteristic parameters during the process of rock softening and deforming, which enhance the adaptability of the model. Finally, the rationality of the model verified by the measured data.


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