scholarly journals Flexural Toughness of Basalt Fibre-Reinforced Shotcrete and Industrial-Scale Testing

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huazhe Jiao ◽  
Yachuang Wu ◽  
Xinming Chen ◽  
Yixuan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Basalt Fibre ◽  
Dosage Range ◽  
Flexural Toughness ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Monitoring Test ◽  
Toughness Enhancement

This study focuses on toughness enhancement of basalt fibre-reinforced shotcrete (BFRS). Four-point bending experiments of underground shooting and curing beams combined with a roadway-supporting deformation monitoring test were conducted. The flexural performance was analysed based on the toughness standards, namely, DBV-1998, JSCE SF-4, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pore testing. The results demonstrate that, given a basalt fibre (BF) dosage of 0–7.5 kg/m3, 18 mm BF can significantly increase the residual stress under the same deformation, rather than the peak values of the flexural strength. Meanwhile, the trend in the flexural toughness increases to a peak at a dosage of 3–4.5 kg/m3, followed by a declining curve. The pores from an NMR test can be divided into three types based on size: (1) closed pores, R < 0.01 μm, (2) capillary pores, 0.01 μm < R < 5 μm, and (3) connected pores, R > 5 μm. The connected pores are detrimental, playing a crucial role in the shotcrete performance. Furthermore, the deformations of the roadway walls are significantly restrained by the BFRS, and the 80-day convergences are approximately 2 mm, which is only 25% of the control. Finally, the comprehensive results indicate that a dosage range of 3–4.5 kg/m3 can demonstrate reasonable beneficial effects for the BFRS performance.

scholarly journals Numerical Investigation on the Ultimate Strength of Box Beams with Impact Damage

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
C. Guedes Soares
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Ship Hulls ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Impact Location ◽  
Box Beam ◽  
Box Beams ◽  
Fracture Damage ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe objective of this paper is to study the residual ultimate strength of box beams with impact-induced damage, as a model of what may occur in ship hulls. The bottom and side plates of ship hulls can suffer denting or fracture damage due to grounding, collision and other contacts during the ship’s service life and these impact-induced damages could result in considerable strength degradation. Box beams are firstly subjected to impact loading and then four-point bending loading is imposed on the damaged structures to assess the residual strength using ANSYS/LS_DYNA. The ultimate moment and collapse modes are discussed considering the effect of impact location. The impact-induced deformation is introduced in the four-point bending simulation, and the impact-induced stress is included or not to determine the effect of residual stress and distortion after impact. It is shown that impact location has significant influence on the residual ultimate bending moment of the damaged box beam providing that the impact energy is kept constant. The collapse modes also change when the impactor strikes on different locations. Damaged hard corner and inclined neutral axes might explain the reduction of ultimate strength and diverse collapse modes. The residual stress in the box beam after impact may increase or decrease the ultimate strength depending on impact location.

scholarly journals Additive Manufactured 316L Stainless-Steel Samples: Microstructure, Residual Stress and Corrosion Characteristics after Post-Processing

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Suvi Santa-aho ◽  
Mika Kiviluoma ◽  
Tuomas Jokiaho ◽  
Tejas Gundgire ◽  
Mari Honkanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
Magnesium Chloride Solution ◽  
Manufacturing Method ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
Processing Steps ◽  
Compressive Residual Stresses

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a relatively new manufacturing method that can produce complex geometries and optimized shapes with less process steps. In addition to distinct microstructural features, residual stresses and their formation are also inherent to AM components. AM components require several post-processing steps before they are ready for use. To change the traditional manufacturing method to AM, comprehensive characterization is needed to verify the suitability of AM components. On very demanding corrosion atmospheres, the question is does AM lower or eliminate the risk of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) compared to welded 316L components? This work concentrates on post-processing and its influence on the microstructure and surface and subsurface residual stresses. The shot peening (SP) post-processing levelled out the residual stress differences, producing compressive residual stresses of more than −400 MPa in the AM samples and the effect exceeded an over 100 µm layer below the surface. Post-processing caused grain refinement and low-angle boundary formation on the sample surface layer and silicon carbide (SiC) residue adhesion, which should be taken into account when using the components. Immersion tests with four-point-bending in the heated 80 °C magnesium chloride solution for SCC showed no difference between AM and reference samples even after a 674 h immersion.

The Effect of Polypropylene Fiber on the Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 1325-1329
Author(s):  
Ye Ran Zhu ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Guo Hong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Polypropylene Fiber ◽  
Flexural Properties ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Self Compacting Concrete ◽  
Bending Tests ◽  
Flexural Toughness ◽  
Four Point Bending

This paper investigates the mechanical properties (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural toughness) of polypropylene fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (PFRSCC). The effect of the incorporation of polypropylene fiber on the mechanical properties of PFRSCC is determined. Four point bending tests on beam specimens were performed to evaluate the flexural properties of PFRSCC. Test results indicate that flexural toughness and ductility are remarkably improved by the addition of polypropylene fiber.

Study on the Preparation of Green and Environmentally Friendly High Toughness Cementitous Composites with Large Amount of Fly Ash

2020 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Xiang Rong Cai ◽  
Bai Quan Fu ◽  
Zhi Gang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Type I ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Pva Fiber

In order to reduce the environmental burden and the energy consumption of PVA fiber reinforced high toughness cementitious composites, special focus is placed on the influence of fly ash type and content and curing type on the flexural performance of high toughness cementitious composites through four-point bending tests. The high toughness cementitious composites without fly ash have been used in the program for comparison purpose. The tests results show that, compared with the basic high toughness cementitious composites, the flexural strength decreases and the deflection increases with the s/b increasing when the fly ash is added. The increase in fly ash content results in an improvement of strain hardening property and increases in both flexural strength and deflection, which show that fly ash is benefit to the pseudo strain hardening performance. However the effects of fly ash type and curing type are not obvious on the load but obvious on the deflection. The deflection of high toughness cementitious composites with type I fly ash or water curing is higher than that of type II or standard curing. It is demonstrated that all the high toughness cementitious composites studied in this paper exhibit strain-hardening and multiple cracking through adding fly ash.

Flexural performance of composite grid panels with deep ribs

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 443-458
Author(s):  
Jiye Chen ◽  
Hai Fang ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Weiqing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Bending Stiffness ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Composite Grid

This paper reports on the flexural performance of an innovative composite grid panel composed of glass fiber-reinforced polymer face skins and deep glass fiber-reinforced polymer ribs with a trapezoidal cross-section. Three-point and four-point bending experiments were performed to demonstrate the feasibility of the composite grid panels under concentrated loads. Compared with the composite grid panels without skins, maximum increases in the ultimate load, and initial bending stiffness of the composite grid panels of approximately 68.2% and 306.7%, respectively, were achieved with the existence of both upper and lower skins. Furthermore, an analytical analysis was carried out to predict the initial bending stiffness and mid-span deflection of the composite grid panels. A comparison of the analytical and experimental results showed that the analytical model accurately predicted the flexural performance of the composite grid panels subjected to three-point and four-point bending. Failure mechanism maps were constructed to predict the mechanical response and failure modes of the composite grid panels. Moreover, the validated model was used in a parametric analytical study to further estimate the effects of various parameters on the flexural performance of the composite grid panels. The results demonstrated that the initial bending stiffness can be significantly improved by increasing the trapezoidal section ratio, face skin thickness, and grid height.

Study on the Flexural Property of PVA-High Toughness Cementitious Composites

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 765-768
Author(s):  
Wen Ling Tian ◽  
Lei Xu ◽  
Xiao Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Tensile Elongation ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Flexural Property ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile Test ◽  
Normal Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Four Point Bending

For the compressive strength of the normal concrete is high and the tensile strength is low, it is typically brittle material. The ultimate tensile elongation of it is insufficiently 1/1000. Zhongwei Wu, an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering pointed out that compounding cementitious composites was the way to make it high-performance, and fiber reinforced was the key[1]. Polyvinyl Alcohol Engineered Cementitious Composites has super flexural performance[2] and stretching ability[3],and its ultimate deflection is approximately 40 times larger than that of normal concrete when bended, similar to the multiple cracking and super toughness of uniaxial tensile test, it shows significant bending hardening behavior in the process of the test. This paper studied its flexural property by four point bending test .

TOUGHENING OF BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITES BY HIERARCHICAL MICROSTRUCTURING

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JINGYAO DAI ◽  
EVAN PINEDA ◽  
BRETT BEDNARCYK ◽  
JOGENDER SINGH ◽  
NAMIKO YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Boron Carbide ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Toughening Mechanisms ◽  
Hierarchical Microstructure ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Micromechanics Modeling ◽  
Toughness Enhancement ◽  
Micro Indentation

Due to a unique combination of properties including high hardness, low density, chemical and thermal stability, semi-conductivity, and high neutron absorption, boron carbide (B C) is a potential candidate for various applications involving extreme environment. However, B C’s current application is limited because of its low fracture toughness. In this study, a hierarchical microstructure design with features including TiB grains and graphite platelets was used to toughen B C by simultaneously utilizing multiple toughening mechanisms including crack deflection, bridging, and micro-crack toughening. Using field-assisted sintering technology (FAST), B C composites with dense and hierarchical microstructure were fabricated. Previously, the fracture toughness of fabricated B C composites was measured at micro-scale using micro- indentation to have up to 56% improvement. In this work, the B C composites’ fracture toughness was characterized at macro-scale using four-point bending methods and compared with previous results obtained at micro-scale. Micromechanics modeling of fracture behaviors for B C-TiB composites was also performed to evaluate the contributions from experimentally observed toughening mechanisms. From four-point bending tests, B C composites reinforced with both TiB grains (~15 vol%) and graphite platelets (~8.7 vol%) exhibited the highest fracture toughness enhancement from 2.38 to 3.65 MPa·m1/2. The measured values were lower than those obtained using micro- indentation but maintained the general trends. The discrepancy between the indentation and four-point bending test results originated from the complex deformation behaviors triggered by the high contact load during indentation tests. Through micromechanics modeling, introduced thermal residual stress due to thermal expansion mismatch between B C and TiB , and weak interphases at B C-TiB boundaries were identified as the main causes for experimentally observed toughness enhancement. These results proved the effectiveness of hierarchical microstructure designs for B4C toughening and can provide reference for the future design of B4C composites with optimized microstructures for further fracture toughness enhancement.

scholarly journals Residual Stress Measurement with Laser-Optical and Mechanical Methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 256-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venancio Martínez-García ◽  
Martin Wenzelburger ◽  
Andreas Killinger ◽  
Giancarlo Pedrini ◽  
Rainer Gadow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Material Removal ◽  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Residual Deformation ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Bending Tests ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Non Destructive

A new approach in hole-drilling residual stress analysis is described, applying a laser for quasi non-destructive material removal by laser ablation and measuring simultaneously the residual deformation around the hole by means of high-resolution, digital holographic interferometry. To evaluate this technology, experiments measuring well-defined in-plane stresses in curved strip specimen, on experimental bending device based on the European Standard for four-point bending tests, were carried out with the conventional hole drilling and milling technique and the laser-optical technique described.

scholarly journals Four-Point Bending Tests to Study the So-Called Plasticity Effect on the Residual Stress Results Determined by the Hole-Drilling and Ring-Core Methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 319-324
Author(s):  
David von Mirbach
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Test Machine ◽  
Bending Tests ◽  
Hole Drilling Method ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Drilling Method ◽  
Four Point Bending Test ◽  
Ring Core

The hole-drilling method (HDM) and ring core method (RCM) are limited to low residual stresses under 60% of the yield stress. This issue will experimentally analyze the method of adaptive calculation function, presented by the author on the ICRS9. With a four-point-bending test machine, a defined stress can be triggered between the middle bending. In this defined loading area, the strains in two load cases with the HDM and the RCM configuration were measured. With these measured strains the residual stress calculation will be analysed.

Study on the Structural Deformation Monitoring Based on Distributed FBG Sensing Techniques

2013 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 389-395
Author(s):  
Cai Qian Yang ◽  
Ye Fei Xia ◽  
Zi Yan Chen ◽  
Wan Hong ◽  
Zhi Shen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Structural Deformation ◽  
Rc Beam ◽  
Strain Sensing ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Beam Method ◽  
Step Loading ◽  
Distributed Strain ◽  
Dial Gauge

The deformation is an important parameter in structural health monitoring, and a conjugate beam method based on long-gauge fiber Bragg grating distributed strain sensing techniques is proposed to obtain the deformation of a structure. Some experiments are carried out to study the accuracy of this method using a four point bending RC beam under a step loading manner. The deformation obtained with the proposed method agrees well with those obtained with the conventional dial gauge in low loading steps. In addition, some measure is put forward to calibrate the proposed method and improve its accuracy at high loading steps, especially after the initiation of concrete cracks.

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