scholarly journals STUDY ON A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CRACK WIDTH OF STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE USED FOR TUNNEL LINING

2005 ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki KAWAGUCHI ◽  
Sadao KIMURA ◽  
Atsushi KOIZUMI
Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Jingchao Liang ◽  
Liusheng Chu ◽  
Fuqiang Shen

Many researchers have performed experimental and theoretical studies on the shear behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) beams with conventional reinforcement; few studies involve the shear behavior of SFRC beams with high-strength reinforcement. In this paper, the shear test of eleven beams with high-strength reinforcement was carried out, including eight SFRC beams and three reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The load-deflection curve, concrete strain, stirrup strain, diagonal crack width, failure mode and shear bearing capacity of the beams were investigated. The test results show that steel fiber increases the stiffness, ultimate load and failure deformation of the beams, but the increase effect of steel fiber decreases with the increase of stirrup ratio. After the diagonal crack appears, steel fiber reduces the concrete strains of the diagonal section, stirrup strains and diagonal crack width. In addition, steel fiber reduces crack height and increases crack number. Finally, the experimental values of the shear capacities were compared with the values calculated by CECS38:2004 and ACI544.4R, and the equation of shear capacity in CECS38:2004 was modified to effectively predict the shear capacities of SFRC beams with high-strength reinforcement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781402094402
Author(s):  
Dong An ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Linghan Meng ◽  
Guangyao Cui

The fault-crossing tunnel in meizoseismal area is directly subjected to strong ground motion, which leads to the failure of the tunnel lining. In order to improve the seismic safety of tunnel, fiber-reinforced concrete is applied to tunnel lining in this article. Taking the section of Zhongyi tunnel crossing Wanlong fault as an example, seismic performance of fiber-reinforced concrete tunnel lining was studied by finite difference numerical calculation software FLAC3D. The seismic displacement, stress response, and side wall convergence of secondary lining structures which are plain concrete, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, and steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete were comparatively analyzed. Moreover, the safety factor of each lining structure was investigated with the present numerical model. With the obtained data, seismic performance of steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining is better than that of steel fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining. The results may provide references for seismic design of fault-crossing tunnels in meizoseismal area.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1279
Author(s):  
Cristina Frazão ◽  
Joaquim Barros ◽  
José Alexandre Bogas

The main purpose of the present work is to study the mechanical behavior and durability performance of recycled steel fiber reinforced concrete (RSFRC) under a chloride environment. To this end, the effect of chloride attack on the load-carrying capacity of pre-cracked RSFRC round panels is investigated by performing round panel tests supported on three points (RPT-3ps), considering the influence of the crack width and the fiber distribution/orientation profile. In addition, the influence of the adopted chloride exposure conditions on the post-cracking constitutive laws of the developed RSFRC is also assessed by performing numerical simulations for the prediction of the long-term performance of RSFRC under these aggressive conditions. The tensile stress–crack width relationship of RSFRC is derived by performing an inverse analysis with the RPT-3ps results. The obtained experimental and numerical results show a negligible effect of the chloride attack on the post-cracking behavior of RSFRC for the chloride exposure conditions and pre-crack width levels adopted in this study.


2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 653-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Yan ◽  
Ge Lu ◽  
Chen Shi Jie ◽  
Zhou Li ◽  
Zhang Ting Ting

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