3D Finite Element Modeling of GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams without Shear Reinforcement

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850001 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Markou ◽  
Mohammad AlHamaydeh
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Deep Beams ◽  
Modes Of Failure ◽  
Hexahedral Elements

This paper presents the numerical investigation of nine Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) concrete deep beams through the use of numerically-efficient 20-noded hexahedral elements. Cracking is taken into account by means of the smeared crack approach and the bars are simulated as embedded rod elements. The developed numerical models are validated against published experimental results. The validation beams spanned a practical range of varying design parameters; namely, shear span-to-depth ratio, concrete specified compressive strength and flexural reinforcement ratio. The motivation for this research is to accurately yet efficiently capture the mechanical behavior of the GFRP-reinforced concrete deep beams. The presented numerical investigation demonstrated close correlations of the force–deformation relationships that are numerically predicted and their experimental counterparts. Moreover, the numerically predicted modes of failure are also found to be conformal to those observed experimentally. The proposed modeling approach that overcame previous computational limitations has further demonstrated its capability to accurately model larger and deeper beams in a computationally efficient manner. The validated modeling technique can then be efficiently used to perform extensive parametric investigations related to behavior of this type of structural members. The modeling method presented in this work paves the way for further parametric investigations of the mechanical behavior of GFRP-reinforced deep beams without shear reinforcement that will serve as the base for proposing new design guidelines. As a deeper understanding of the behavior and the effect of the design parameters is attained, more economical and safer designs will emerge.

Predicting the effect of stirrups on shear strength of reinforced normal-strength concrete (NSC) and high-strength concrete (HSC) slender beams using artificial intelligence

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 933-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
H El Chabib ◽  
M Nehdi ◽  
A Saïd
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Shear Design

The exact effect that each of the basic shear design parameters exerts on the shear capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) beams without shear reinforcement (Vc) is still unclear. Previous research on this subject often yielded contradictory results, especially for reinforced high-strength concrete (HSC) beams. Furthermore, by simply adding Vc and the contribution of stirrups Vs to calculate the ultimate shear capacity Vu, current shear design practice assumes that the addition of stirrups does not alter the effect of shear design parameters on Vc. This paper investigates the validity of such a practice. Data on 656 reinforced concrete beams were used to train an artificial neural network model to predict the shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams and evaluate the performance of several existing shear strength calculation procedures. A parametric study revealed that the effect of shear reinforcement on the shear strength of RC beams decreases at a higher reinforcement ratio. It was also observed that the concrete contribution to shear resistance, Vc, in RC beams with shear reinforcement is noticeably larger than that in beams without shear reinforcement, and therefore most current shear design procedures provide conservative predictions for the shear strength of RC beams with shear reinforcement.Key words: analysis, artificial intelligence, beam depth, compressive strength, modeling, shear span, shear strength.

scholarly journals Structural Efficiency of Hollow Reinforced Concrete Beams Subjected to Partial Uniformly Distributed Loading

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
Hadi Naser Ghadhban Al-Maliki ◽  
Ali Al-Balhawi ◽  
Ahmad Jabbar Hussain Alshimmeri ◽  
Binsheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Plane Stress State ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Flexural Failure ◽  
Communication Lines

Reinforced concrete (RC) beams containing a longitudinal cavity have become an innovative development and advantage for economic purposes of light-weight members without largely affecting their resistance against the applied loads. This type of openings can also be used for maintenance purposes and usage space of communication lines, pipelines, etc. RC beams are primarily loaded in the plane of the members, which are two-dimensional in a plane stress state and the dominant structural behaviours include bending, shear, or combination of both. In the present study, six numerical models of RC beams with and without openings were simulated by using commercial finite element software ANSYS to evaluate the structural behaviours of those beam models under the partial uniformly distributed load. Different parameters were assessed, including opening dimensions and shear reinforcement ratios. The obtained numerical results were analysed and verified and were found very close to those obtained from the experimental investigations in the literature. The increase of shear reinforcement ratio could enhance the flexural and shear capacities of the RC beams, and the results also showed that some models sustained flexural failure while the others sustained failure of combined bending and shear.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Shear Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Sandwich Deep Beam

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 301-309
Author(s):  
Vaka Gopi ◽  
Kagita Kumara Swamy ◽  
Arepalli Peda Gopi ◽  
Vejendla Lakshman Narayana
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Common Element ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Deep Beam ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Deep Beams ◽  
Depth Ratio

In present making of construction industry at a high pace. The tendency of world influenced the high raised buildings. In modern days one of the most common element is deep beam, constructed a small span to depth ratio. The transfer girders most of used in deep beams. In an experimental program consists of 12 deep beam specimens are carried out for shear strength behavior investigation of Reinforced Concrete sandwich deep beam concealed with insulation pad in various depths 200mm and 300mm and 400mm. in the experimental program effective length, depth, the width of the specimens, width of bearing plates, longitudinal reinforcement as 1% to maintain constantly and horizontal reinforcement as varies as 0.15% and 0.25% and 0.35%. We are considered shear span to depth ratio of deep beam is 0.95. The main aim of the experimental study the influence of longitudinal shear reinforcement along with vertical and horizontal shear reinforcement on the shear strength, shear ductility of RC sandwich deep beams of insulation pads placed at different depths.

scholarly journals Nonlinear numerical simulation of punching shear behaviour of reinforced concrete flat slabs with shear-heads

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.V. Bompa ◽  
A.Y. Elghazouli
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Shear Behaviour ◽  
Flat Slabs ◽  
Modes Of Failure ◽  
Concrete Damage

This paper examines the structural response of reinforced concrete flat slabs, provided with fully-embedded shear-heads, through detailed three-dimensional nonlinear numerical simulations and parametric assessments using concrete damage plasticity models. Validations of the adopted nonlinear finite element procedures are carried out against experimental results from three test series. After gaining confidence in the ability of the numerical models to predict closely the full inelastic response and failure modes, numerical investigations are carried out in order to examine the influence of key material and geometric parameters. The results of these numerical assessments enable the identification of three modes of failure as a function of the interaction between the shear-head and surrounding concrete. Based on the findings, coupled with results from previous studies, analytical models are proposed for predicting the rotational response as well as the ultimate strength of such slab systems. Practical recommendations are also provided for the design of shear-heads in RC slabs, including the embedment length and section size. The analytical expressions proposed in this paper, based on a wide-ranging parametric assessment, are shown to offer a more reliable design approach in comparison with existing methods for all types of shear-heads, and are suitable for direct practical application.

scholarly journals Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Deep Beam by Epoxy Resin

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Adnan Sadiq Al-kuaity
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Deep Beam ◽  
Shear Reinforcement ◽  
Deep Beams ◽  
Test Beam ◽  
Strength Capacity ◽  
Before And After

This investigation presents an experimental and analytical study on the behavior of reinforced concrete deep beams before and after repair. The original beams were first loaded under two points load up to failure, then, repaired by epoxy resin and tested again. Three of the test beams contains shear reinforcement and the other two beams have no shear reinforcement. The main variable in these beams was the percentage of longitudinal steel reinforcement (0, 0.707, 1.061, and 1.414%). The main objective of this research is to investigate the possibility of restoring the full load carrying capacity of the reinforced concrete deep beam with and without shear reinforcement by using epoxy resin as the material of repair. All beams were tested with shear span-depth ratio 2.2. An analytical study was made to show the behavior of a sample of test beam at higher stages of loadings before and after repair. The test results showed that the epoxy resin used for repairing was very efficient in restoring full capacity of failed beams. Moreover, epoxy resin increased the strength capacity of the original beams by about 14% to 40%. On the other hand, the increase in the longitudinal reinforcement increased significantly the ultimate capacity of deep beams before and after repair.  

Calculation of Resistance and Non-Linear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams

2019 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Pavlina Mateckova ◽  
Lucie Mynarzova ◽  
Oldrich Sucharda ◽  
Vlastimil Bilek
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Linear Analysis ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Modes Of Failure ◽  
Eurocode 2 ◽  
Non Linear

This paper deals with analysis of set of reinforced concrete beams. Loading experiments of these beams were carried out and the results were documented and published earlier. Experiments involve several variants of spans, cross-sections and reinforcement so that various modes of failure of reinforced concrete structures are achieved. This paper compares the resistance of particular beams defined according to valid standard Eurocode 2 with non-linear analysis using advanced spatial 3D numerical models Cementitious material model based on fracture mechanics implemented in ATENA software. This paper outlines the wider evaluation of failure mode of beam and comparison of different calculations of resistance of the cross-section.

Performance of Screen Grid Insulating Concrete Form Walls under Combined In-Plane Vertical and Lateral Loads

2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 1803-1810
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abdel-Mooty ◽  
Medhat Haroun ◽  
Yosra El Maghraby ◽  
Ezzat Fahmy ◽  
Mohamed Abou Zeid
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Lateral Displacement ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Expanded Polystyrene ◽  
Steel Reinforcement ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Lateral Loads ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Modes Of Failure ◽  
Screen Grid

Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) walls generally comprise two layers of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), steel reinforcement is placed in the center between the two layers and concrete is poured to fill the gap between those two layers. ICF’s have many advantages over traditional methods of wall construction such as reduced construction time, noise reduction, strength enhancement, energy efficiency, and compatibility with any inside or outside surface finish. The focus of this study is the Screen Grid ICF wall system consisting of a number of beams and columns forming a concrete mesh. The performance of ICF wall systems under lateral loads simulating seismic effect is experimentally evaluated in this paper. This work addresses the effect of the different design parameters on the wall behavior under seismic simulated loads. This includes different steel reinforcement ratio, various reinforcement distribution, wall aspect ratios, different openings sizes for windows and doors, as well as different spacing of the grid elements of the screen grid wall. Ten full scale wall specimens were tested where the effects of the various parameters on wall behavior in terms of lateral load capacity, lateral displacement, and modes of failure are presented. The test results are stored to be used for further analysis and calibration of numerical models developed for this study.

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