REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS USING LOCALLY MANUFACTURED STEEL BARS: INVESTIGATION OF FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shehab Mourad ◽  
Abdelhamid Charif ◽  
Iqbal Khan
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Yield Stress ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Essential Property ◽  
Nominal Strength ◽  
The Moment

While much attention has been and continue deservedly to be given to the effect of the variability of concrete strength and properties on the response of reinforced concrete structures, there is little, if any, information on the effects of variability of steel strength. Steel mechanical properties, including its yield strength, can significantly exceed the minimum nominal strength values for a specific grade of steel depending on the steel manufacturing processes. Such an increase in yield strength can have negative effects on the flexural behavior of beams designed as tension controlled, and reduce their ductility, an essential property in seismic resisting structures. An experimental and analytical study of the flexural behavior of RC beams was conducted through the investigation of the Moment-Curvature relationships and the ultimate steel strains. The main variable was the level of the actual steel yield stress as compared to the nominal value. It was found that unexpectedly high values of steel yield stress reduce the beam ductility and violate the tension-control condition, which was enforced in the design stage. Appropriate design corrections are proposed to account for high yield stress values in order to achieve the desired ductility of beams while maintaining the moment capacities.

Experimental Study on Flexural Behavior of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with CFRP

2014 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
pp. 306-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Jia ◽  
Jin Xue ◽  
Jun Mo ◽  
Chun Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Failure Model ◽  
High Coherence

Abstract. In the view of the project problem that concrete strength grade is lower than C15in reinforced concrete beam, we consider a composite technology strengthened with CFRP, and do some monotonic loading experiments on these beams with eight different methods, and discuss the beam force behavior including ultimate bearing capacity, failure model and crack propagation. This paper finds out that the composite reinforced scheme, which with ticking trough, planting steel displaces concrete and gluing and then pasting CFRP, has a remarkable improvement than pasting CFRP immediately, and that there is a high coherence workability in the old and new concrete, so we can give full play to their role as the CFRP high strength.

scholarly journals Study on the Bending and Joint Performances of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using High-Strength Rebars

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3482
Author(s):  
Seoungho Cho ◽  
Myungkwan Lim ◽  
Changhee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Reinforcing Bars ◽  
Joint Performance ◽  
Lap Splice ◽  
Reinforcing Bar ◽  
Nominal Strength

High-strength reinforcing bars have high yield strengths. It is possible to reduce the number of reinforcing bars placed in a building. Accordingly, as the amount of reinforcement decreases, the spacing of reinforcing bars increases, workability improves, and the construction period shortens. To evaluate the structural performance of high-strength reinforcing bars and the joint performance of high-strength threaded reinforcing bars, flexural performance tests were performed in this study on 12 beam members with the compressive strength of concrete, the yield strength of the tensile reinforcing bars, and the tensile reinforcing bar ratio as variables. The yield strengths of the tensile reinforcement and joint methods were used as variables, and joint performance tests were performed for six beam members. Based on this study, the foundation for using high-strength reinforcing bars with a design standard yield strength equal to 600 MPa was established. Accordingly, mechanical joints of high-strength threaded reinforcing bars (600 and 670 MPa) can be used. All six specimens were destroyed under more than the expected nominal strength. Lap splice caused brittle fractures because it was not reinforced in stirrup. Increases of 21% to 47% in the loads of specimens using a coupler and a lock nut were observed. Shape yield represents destruction—a section must ensure sufficient ductility after yielding. Therefore, a coupler and lock nut are effective.

Laboratory Fast Corrosion Test of Plain Steel Bars in Concrete Beams

2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1803-1806
Author(s):  
Shun Bo Zhao ◽  
Peng Bing Hou ◽  
Fu Lai Qu
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Uniform Corrosion ◽  
Pure Bending ◽  
Accelerated Corrosion ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
Bending Length

An experimental study was carried out to examine the non-uniform corrosion of plain steel bars in reinforced concrete beams partially placed in 5% sodium chloride solution under conditions of accelerated corrosion. 4 reinforced concrete beams with different concrete strength were made. The crack distributions of the beams due to pre-loads and expansion of corrosion product, and the sectional corrosion characteristics of plain steel bars are described in detail. The sectional area loss relating to mass loss and change along pure bending length of the beams are discussed. These can be used as the basis of test for further studies to build the numerical models of serviceability of corroded reinforced concrete beams.

scholarly journals Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams Reinforced with 3D-Textile Composite Fiber

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Mays R. Abdulghani ◽  
Dr. Ahmed S. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Composite Fiber ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Textile Fiber ◽  
Textile Composite

Normal concrete is weak against tensile strength, has low ductility, and also insignificant resistance to cracking. The addition of diverse types of fibers at specific proportions can enhance the mechanical properties as well as the durability of concrete. Discrete fiber commonly used, has many disadvantages such as balling the fiber, randomly distribution, and limitation of the Vf ratio used. Based on this vision, a new technic was discovered enhancing concrete by textile-fiber to avoid all the problems mentioned above. The main idea of this paper is the investigation of the mechanical properties of SCC, and SCM that cast with 3D AR-glass fabric having two different thicknesses (6, 10 mm), and different layers (1,2 layers). As well as micro-steel fiber with 1.25% volume fraction was used. Sixteen rectangular reinforced concrete beam specimens have been tested to study the behavior of their flexural strength. The results concluded that utilizing 3D-TFs with mortar mixture gave significantly higher enhancement for the load-carrying capacity than the concrete mixture. The utilization of 3D-TFs and micro-steel fiber together in the SCM mix gave better results. The stiffness of the specimens was improved with increasing the thickness and the number of textile fiber layers.

scholarly journals Effect of loading rate on flexural behavior of concrete and reinforced concrete beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Nguyen Trung Hieu ◽  
Nguyen Van Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Plain Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Displacement Curve ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Three Point Bending ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Hydraulic Servo

The elasto-plastic characteristics of plain concrete are inevitably affected by the loading rate. This paper presents an experimental investigation on the effect of loading rate on flexural behavior of concrete and reinforced concrete (RC) beams, which was carried out with Walter+bai electro-hydraulic servo system. Three-point bending tests on 100 × 100 × 400 mm prismatic concrete samples and 80 × 120 × 1100 mm RC beams with different displacement controlled loading rates of 0.01 mm/min, 0.1 mm/min, and 3 mm/min were imposed. Based on the test results, the effects of loading rates on the load-displacement curve, cracking, and ultimate load-carrying capacities of RC beams were evaluated.

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