scholarly journals An Experimental Investigation on the Failure Behavior of a Notched Concrete Beam Strengthened with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Huang ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Song-shan Niu ◽  
Jun Ding

This paper presents an experiment investigation on the failure behavior of a notched concrete beam reinforced with CFRP, by exploring the influences of the length, thickness, and CFRP bonding methods on the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mode. The interfacial shear stress has first been analytically derived and parametric analyses are then made to predict the failure mode. The experiment observation finds that failure mode significantly depends on CFRP length. The brittle fracture occurs only for nonstrengthened beams; the shear failure I mode mainly occurs when CFRP laminate is 100 mm long; the shear failure II mode mainly occurs when CFRP laminate is 200 mm long; and the delamination failure mode mainly occurs when CFRP laminate is 350 mm long. Meanwhile, the thickness and the bonding methods of CFRP also influence the final failure modes in terms of CFRP length. The measurement on ultimate load shows that an increase in the length of CFRP up to 200 mm significantly improves the bearing capacity of the reinforced beam. A comparison between a theoretical analysis and the experimental observation shows a good agreement in terms of failure modes indicating the accuracy and the validity of the experiment.

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 808-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbin Hou ◽  
Xianzhe Xu ◽  
Haifeng Wang ◽  
Liyong Tong

This paper presents an analytical, numerical, and experimental study on the failure behavior of single hat-shaped T-joints made of plain woven carbon fiber polymer (T300/epoxy 618) and subjected to out-of-plane bending. The T-joint is manufactured by vacuum bag molding process at room temperature. An analytical model is developed to analyze the experimental results and to establish the associated failure criteria. Two failure modes: (a) laminate buckling and (b) laminate crushing are considered, and the theoretical relationships for predicting the failure load associated with each of the two modes were developed. The experimental data correlate closely with the analytically predicted behavior, including failure mode and bending stiffness. In particular, both laminate buckling and laminate crushing are observed during the experiment with laminate crushing being the final failure mode, which can be considered to be the most important failure mode of the fabricated T-joint. In addition, numerical simulations based on the finite element method and the Hashin damage criteria also accurately predict the flexural modulus, the peak load, and failure locations of the T-joint obtained in the test.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6179
Author(s):  
Jianhua Hu ◽  
Pingping Zeng ◽  
Dongjie Yang ◽  
Guanping Wen ◽  
Xiao Xu ◽  
...  

Failure behavior of pillars in deep mines is affected by various cyclic loads that cause initial pre-damage. Pillars will be further damaged and developed in the long-term compressive stress until they are destroyed. To reveal the strength characteristics and crack damage fracture laws after rock pre-damage, uniaxial compression tests were carried out on granite specimens damaged by cyclic loading using the digital speckle correlation method. The experimental results indicate that the mechanical properties of pre-damaged specimens show large damage differences for different cycles. The damage variable of the pre-damaged specimens increases with the increase of cycle number and confining pressure. The damage of specimens is primarily due to the strength weakening effect caused by cycle numbers, and the confining pressure restriction effect is not obvious. The evolution laws of uniaxial compression damage propagation in the pre-damaged specimens show differences and obvious localization phenomenon. Pre-damaged specimens experienced three failure modes in the uniaxial compression test, namely tensile shear failure (Mode I), quasi-coplanar shear failure (Mode II), and stepped path failure (Mode III), and under different pre-damage stress environments with high confining pressures, the failure modes are dominated by Mode II and Mode III, respectively.


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 830-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumen Kumar Roy ◽  
A K Sarkar ◽  
Biswajit Mahanty

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evolve a guideline for scientists and development engineers to the failure behavior of electro-optical target tracker system (EOTTS) using fuzzy methodology leading to success of short-range homing guided missile (SRHGM) in which this critical subsystems is exploited. Design/methodology/approach – Technology index (TI) and fuzzy failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) are used to build an integrated framework to facilitate the system technology assessment and failure modes. Failure mode analysis is carried out for the system using data gathered from technical experts involved in design and realization of the EOTTS. In order to circumvent the limitations of the traditional failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA), fuzzy FMCEA is adopted for the prioritization of the risks. FMEA parameters – severity, occurrence and detection are fuzzifed with suitable membership functions. These membership functions are used to define failure modes. Open source linear programming solver is used to solve linear equations. Findings – It is found that EOTTS has the highest TI among the major technologies used in the SRHGM. Fuzzy risk priority numbers (FRPN) for all important failure modes of the EOTTS are calculated and the failure modes are ranked to arrive at important monitoring points during design and development of the weapon system. Originality/value – This paper integrates the use of TI, fuzzy logic and experts’ database with FMEA toward assisting the scientists and engineers while conducting failure mode and effect analysis to prioritize failures toward taking corrective measure during the design and development of EOTTS.


2013 ◽  
Vol 351-352 ◽  
pp. 1552-1557
Author(s):  
Da Guo Wang ◽  
Zhi Xiu Wang ◽  
Bing Xu

Based on micromechanics, an elastic-plastic-brittle damage model of concrete beam reinforced with stick steel is proposed by considering the aggregate gradation curve algorithms and the heterogeneity. In the model, the concrete beam reinforced with stick steel is taken as a five-phase composite material that consists of the mortar matrix, coarse aggregate, bonds between mortar and aggregate, steel plate, and the adhesive layer between steel plate and concrete beam. Through the numerical investigation on shear failure of concrete beam reinforced with stick steel under external force, the results show that the model can clearly simulate microscopic plastic yield, and the initiation and extension of crack. The strength of the steel plate is relatively stronger, so it cant enhance the shear capability of the each side of the beam and the concrete beam bears the larger shear stress, which results that a large number of elements, from the supports to the load points, begin to yield. When the strain of the elements exceeds the yield strength, the elements will produce failure until the failure of the whole specimen. The final failure mode of concrete beam reinforced with stick steel is the shear failure.


Author(s):  
Dongqi Jiang ◽  
Shanquan Liu ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Gang Bi

<p>Reinforced concrete – steel plate composite shear walls (RCSPSW) have attracted great interests in the construction of tall buildings. From the perspective of life-cycle maintenance, the failure mode recognition is critical in determining the post-earthquake recovery strategies. This paper presents a comprehensive study on a wide range of existing experimental tests and develops a unique library of 17 parameters that affects RCSPSW’s failure modes. A total of 127 specimens are compiled and three types of failure modes are considered: flexure, shear and flexure-shear failure modes. Various machine learning (ML) techniques such as decision trees, random forests (RF), <i>K</i>-nearest neighbours and artificial neural network (ANN) are adopted to identify the failure mode of RCSPSW. RF and ANN algorithm show superior performance as compared to other ML approaches. In Particular, ANN model with one hidden layer and 10 neurons is sufficient for failure mode recognition of RCSPSW.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Xianglong Liu ◽  
Jicheng Zhang ◽  
Hailin Lu ◽  
Ning Guan ◽  
Jiahao Xiao ◽  
...  

The mechanical properties of T-shaped concrete-filled steel tubular (TCFST) short columns under axial compression after elevated temperature are investigated in this paper. A total of 30 TCFST short columns with different temperature (T), steel ratio (α), and duration of heating (t) were tested. The TCFST column was directly fabricated by welding two rectangular steel tubes together. The study mainly investigated the failure modes, the ultimate bearing capacity, the load-displacement, and the load-strain performance of the TCFST short columns. Experimental results indicate that the rectangular steel tubes of the TCFST column have deformation consistency, and the failure mode consists of local crack, drum damage, and shear failure. Additionally, the influence of high temperature on the residual bearing capacity of the TCFST is significant, e.g., a higher temperature can downgrade the ultimate bearing capacity. Finally, a finite element model (FEM) is developed to simulate the performance of the TCFST short columns under elevated temperature, and the results agree with experimental values well. Overall, this investigation can provide some guidance for future studies on damage assessment and reinforcement of the TCFST columns.


2011 ◽  
Vol 311-313 ◽  
pp. 1941-1944
Author(s):  
Gui Bing Li ◽  
Yu Gang Guo ◽  
Xiao Yan Sun

intermediate crack-induced debondingis one of the most dominant failure modes in FRP-strengthened RC beams. Different code models and provisions have been proposed to mitigateintermediate crack-induced debondingfailure.However, these models and provisions can not mitigate this failure mode effectively. Recnetly, new models have been proposed to solve this problem. Out of all the existing models, four typical ones are investigated in the current study. A comprehensivecomparison among these models is carried out in order to evaluate their performance and accuracy. Test results offlexural specimens with intermediate crack-induced debonding failurecollected from the existing literature are used in the current comparison. The effectivenessand accuracy of each model have been evaluated based on these experimental results. It is shown that the current modals are all conservative and inadequite to effectively mitigate intermediate crack-induced debonding in flexurally strengthened members.


2020 ◽  
Vol 980 ◽  
pp. 266-274
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Xiao ◽  
Miao Liu ◽  
Jin Li Wang ◽  
Abdulhamid Yakubu Anvah

In order to investigate the shear capacity of prefabricated beam, experiments about shear bearing were performed on one integral pouring contrast beam and two prefabrication and assembly beams. Inspecting the relationship between load and deflection under the load, the development regularity of strain between longitude reinforced and stirrup, the shear capacity of cracking load and ultimate bearing capacity, analyzing failure mode of oblique section and connection performance of old and new concrete in the groove, and compared with the mechanical properties of cast-in-place concrete beam. The experimental results indicate that: prefabrication and assembly beam and cast-in-place beams have similar shear bearing capacity and failure mode of oblique section, along with the load level continues to increase, the groove joint stiffness weakened, but has little effect on the overall deformation.


2020 ◽  
pp. 136943322098165
Author(s):  
Jianyang Xue ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Xiaojun Ke

This paper mainly focused on the seismic performance and shear calculation method of steel reinforced high-strength concrete (SRHC) columns with rectangular helical hoops. An experimental investigation was performed in this paper. Eleven SRHC columns with rectangular helical hoops and one with ordinary hoops were constructed at the laboratory of Guangxi university. The failure modes, hysteresis loops, envelope curves, characteristic loads and displacements and cumulative damage analysis are presented and investigated. It can be seen from the test results that the failure modes of SRHC columns can be divided into three types with the shear span ratio increased, namely, shear baroclinic failure mode, flexure-shear failure mode and flexure failure mode. In addition, the specimens with rectangular helical hoops have plumper hysteretic loops. Shear span ratio is the main influencing factor of characteristic load; the axial compression ratio and concrete strength have less influence on characteristic load, while stirrup ratio has little effect on the characteristic load. Finally, a calculation method for shear capacity of SRHC columns under shear baroclinic failure and flexure-shear failure mode is proposed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 815-818
Author(s):  
Le Yi Chen

To investigate the influence of surcharge on bearing capacity, model tests were performed. In the tests, 5 kPa and 10 kPa surcharge was applied on silt respectively. The bearing capacity factor Nq is smaller than theoretical solution, and is only of 60.3% and 80.5% of theoretical solution. Model test show that the ground failure mode is not general shear failure mode in condition of ground under surcharge. In bearing capacity calculation, if bearing capacity factor theoretical solution which is from general shear failure mode is applied, the result will be overestimate.


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