Impact Resistance of Post-Tensioned Concrete

1990 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nianzhi Wang ◽  
Sidney Mindess
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Loading ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Plain Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Tests ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Tensioned

AbstractImpact tests were carried out on post-tensioned beams, prepared both with plain concrete and fibre-reinforced concrete. It was found that post-tensioned beams might be less resistant to impact loading than were ordinary reinforced concrete beams. However, the addition of fibres to the concrete greatly increased the impact resistance of these beams.

Experimental Tests of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams under Drop-Weight Impacts

2014 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Fei Hao ◽  
Hong Hao ◽  
Gang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibre ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Plain Concrete ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibres ◽  
Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Tests ◽  
Drop Weight ◽  
The Impact

Concrete is a brittle material, especially under tension. Intensive researches have been reported to add various types of fibres into concrete mix to increase its ductility. Recently, the authors proposed a new type of steel fibre with spiral shape to reinforce concrete material. Laboratory tests on concrete cylinder specimens demonstrated that compared to other fibre types such as the hooked-end, deformed and corrugated fibres the new fibres have larger displacement capacity and provide better bonding with the concrete. This study performs drop-weight impact tests to investigate the behaviour of concrete beams reinforced by different types of steel fibres. The quasi-static compressive and split tensile tests were also conducted to obtain the static properties of plain concrete and steel fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) materials. The quasi-static tests were carried out using hydraulic testing machine and the impact tests were conducted using an instrumented drop-weight testing system. Plain concrete and concrete reinforced by the commonly used hooked-end steel fibres and the proposed spiral-shaped steel fibres were tested in this study. The volume dosage of 1% fibre was used to prepare all FRC specimens. Repeated drop-weight impacts were applied to the beam specimens until total collapse. A 15.2 kg hard steel was used as the drop-weight impactor. A drop height of 0.5 m was considered in performing the impact tests. The force-displacement relations and the energy absorption capabilities of plain concrete and FRC beams were obtained, compared and discussed. The advantage and effectiveness of the newly proposed spiral-shaped steel fibres in increasing the performance of FRC beam elements under impact loads were examined.

scholarly journals Experimental study of the mechanical properties of steel fiber stainless-steel reinforced concrete (SFSRC) beams under low velocity impact conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 168781402110449
Author(s):  
Xiwu Zhou ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
Xiangyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
The Impact

In the present study, based on the previous impact resistance test study results regarding stainless steel reinforced concrete beams, six steel fiber stainless-steel reinforced concrete (SFSRC) beams were subjected to drop-hammer impact tests using an advanced ultra-high heavy multi-function drop hammer impact test system. The goal was to further investigate the mechanical properties of SFSRC beams under impact load conditions. The influencing effects of the steel fiber content and impact velocity levels on the impact resistance mechanical properties of SFSRC beams were analyzed. A digital image correlation method (DIC) was used to analyze the full-field strain and displacement values of the specimens. The results revealed that the steel fibers had significantly enhanced the overall energy dissipation and crack resistance capacities of the specimens, and also improved the brittleness of the stainless steel reinforced concrete beams. In addition, the addition of steel fibers effectively inhibited the local damages of the beam-hammer contact areas. In this study’s experiments, the impact resistance of the beams was observed to be the highest when the fiber content was 2.0%. The internal force formula of the local response stage of the beams showed that the shearing effects had significant impacts on the overall failure modes of the specimens. It was found that with the increases in impact velocity, the failure mode of the SFSRC beams transitioned from bending failure to shear failure, and then to a punching shear failure mode. The DIC results indicated that the addition of steel fiber improved the bonding performances between the concrete matrixes, along with inhibiting the crack development rates through the bond force between the fiber and the concrete.

scholarly journals Experimental investigation of Low velocity impact response of reinforced concrete beams without stirrups

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02038
Author(s):  
Yingqian Fu ◽  
Xinlu Yu ◽  
Xinlong Dong ◽  
Fenghua Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Loading ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Failure Model ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents an experimental program of reinforced concrete beam without stirrups tested by impact three-point-bending under different initial velocity (drop height). As the results shown, for the static events, the failure mode is bending firstly, and then translates to shearing. the longitudinal reinforcements play an important role for the increasing of loading during bending stage. For the impact events, reinforced concrete beams failed in a flexural failure model at slow rates of loading and in shear failure model at high impact loading rate relatively. Moreover, the shear failure and bending failure have developed during the peak stage of Force-deflection curves. That is different with the emergence sequence of cracks under static tests. So the mechanical parameters of peak stage should be considered for the resistance of concrete beam under impact loading.

Simulation of Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Impact Loading

2013 ◽  
Vol 351-352 ◽  
pp. 1018-1023
Author(s):  
Arnaud Rouchette ◽  
Wei Ping Zhang ◽  
Hui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Impact Loading ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Bond Model ◽  
The Impact

This paper focuses on the numerical simulation of the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams under impact loading by the LS-DYNA finite element code. An enhanced version of the Concrete Damage Model Release 3 (K&C) was used for the concrete materials and a Plastic Kinematic Model was adopted for steel reinforcement, both material models used parameters to cope with the effects of strain rate. The simulation also took the bond between concrete and steel bar into consideration, and its behavior model was based on high strain rate experimental results. The simulation of the mid span drop tests, both with and without bond consideration, were compared to experimental results to investigate the influence of bond consideration and the reliability of the overall simulation model. Compared with experimental results, the calculated mid-span deflections with the bond model agreed much better than those without the bond model, and a simplified formulation was drawn from the trend on deformation depending on the impact velocity.

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