scholarly journals A Modular Approach for Steel Reinforcing of 3D Printed Concrete—Preliminary Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4062
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Assaad ◽  
Abdallah Abou Yassin ◽  
Fatima Alsakka ◽  
Farook Hamzeh
Keyword(s):  
High Strength ◽  
Modular Approach ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Moment Capacity ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Compressive And Flexural Strengths ◽  
Transverse Steel

3D concrete printing technology has considerably progressed in terms of material proportioning and properties; however, it still suffers from the difficulty of incorporating steel reinforcement for structural applications. This paper aims at developing a modular approach capable of manufacturing 3D printed beam and column members reinforced with conventional steel bars. The cubic-shaped printed modules had 240 mm sides, possessing four holes on the corners for subsequent insertion of flexural steel and grouting operations. The transverse steel (i.e., stirrups) was manually incorporated during the printing process. The reinforced 3D printed beams were built by joining the various modules using high-strength epoxy resins. Test results showed that the compressive and flexural strengths of plain (i.e., unreinforced) 3D printed specimens are higher than traditionally cast-in-place (CIP) ones, which was mostly attributed to the injected high-strength grout that densifies the matrix and hinders the ease of crack propagation during loading. The flexural moment capacity of 3D reinforced printed beams were fairly close to the ACI 318-19 code provisions; however, about 22% lower than companion CIP members. The reduction in peak loads was attributed to the modular approach used to construct the 3D members, which might alter the fundamentals and concepts of reinforced concrete design, including the transfer and redistribution of stresses at ultimate loading conditions.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation into Corrosion Effect on Mechanical Properties of High Strength Steel Bars under Dynamic Loadings

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Jinjin Zhang ◽  
Jin Yang ◽  
Feilong Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Dynamic Loading ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Reinforcing Steel ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Steel Bars

The tensile behaviors of corroded steel bars are important in the capacity evaluation of corroded reinforced concrete structures. The present paper studies the mechanical behavior of the corroded high strength reinforcing steel bars under static and dynamic loading. High strength reinforcing steel bars were corroded by using accelerated corrosion methods and the tensile tests were carried out under different strain rates. The results showed that the mechanical properties of corroded high strength steel bars were strain rate dependent, and the strain rate effect decreased with the increase of corrosion degree. The decreased nominal yield and ultimate strengths were mainly caused by the reduction of cross-sectional areas, and the decreased ultimate deformation and the shortened yield plateau resulted from the intensified stress concentration at the nonuniform reduction. Based on the test results, reduction factors were proposed to relate the tensile behaviors with the corrosion degree and strain rate for corroded bars. A modified Johnson-Cook strength model of corroded high strength steel bars under dynamic loading was proposed by taking into account the influence of corrosion degree. Comparison between the model and test results showed that proposed model properly describes the dynamic response of the corroded high strength rebars.

Cropped Steel Fiber Reinforced Chemically Bonded Ceramic (CBC) Composites

1987 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Wise ◽  
Kevan Jones ◽  
Claudio Herzfeld ◽  
David D. Double
Keyword(s):  
Silica Fume ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Cement Matrix ◽  
Metal Fiber ◽  
Morphological Form ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Compressive And Flexural Strengths ◽  
Equivalent Properties ◽  
Very High

ABSTRACTVery high strength castable chemically bonded ceramic (CBC) materials have been prepared which consist of finely chopped steel fibers and steel aggregate in a silica modified portland cement matrix. This paper examines the effect of metal fiber addition on compressive and flexural strengths. The overall chemistry of the matrix is held constant but the morphological form of silica used and the cure conditions are altered to examine their effect. Compressive strengths in excess of 500 MPa and flexural strengths in excess of 80 MPa can be obtained.It is found that flexural strength increases proportionally with fiber content over the range of 0 to 10% by volume. Compressive strengths are not affected. Use of silica fume in the mixes produces higher strengths at low temperatures than mixes which contain only crystalline silica. High temperature curing/drying (400°C), which produces the highest strengths, produces equivalent properties for formulations with and without silica fume. Higher water/cement ratios are found to reduce compressive strengths but have relatively little effect on the flexural properties.

Bond of Steel Bars to Masonry Mortar Joints: Test Results and Analytical Modelling

2017 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Maragna ◽  
Cristina Gentilini ◽  
Giovanni Castellazzi ◽  
Christian Carloni
Keyword(s):  
High Strength ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Analytical Investigation ◽  
Masonry Walls ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Bond Slip ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
Masonry Mortar

In this paper, the preliminary results of a series of pull-out tests conducted on mortar cylinders with embedded bars are presented. The bars are made of high strength stainless steel and are of helical shape to increase mechanical interlocking with the surrounding mortar. Usually, such bars are employed in situ to realize structural repointing in the case of fair-faced masonry walls. To this aim, they are inserted in the mortar bed joints of masonry for providing tensile strength to the walls and with the function of crack stitching. The aim of the present experimental tests is to determine the bond-slip relationship for bars embedded in masonry. Firstly, pull-out tests are conducted on mortar cylinders considering different embedded lengths of the bars. Further tests are on-going on masonry specimens with bars embedded in the mortar joints. An analytical investigation is also carried out for the interpretation of the pull-out test results.

scholarly journals EXPERIMENTAL LOAD-DRIFT RELATIONS OF CONCRETE BEAM REINFORCED AND CONFINED WITH HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL BARS UNDER REVERSED CYCLIC LOADING

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Retno Anggraini ◽  
Tavio Tavio ◽  
Gusti Putu Raka ◽  
Agustiar Agustiar
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
Normal Strength

High-strength steel bars have different characteristics from normal-strength steel bars. Thus, the use of high-strength steel bars still needs to be investigated further before it can be used confidently in concrete structures. In the design, a reinforced concrete beam should also have enough ductility besides its loading capacity. One of the indicators identifies that a structure has sufficient ductility is its ability to maintain the load steadily due to progressive deformation. This paper presents the test results of three reinforced concrete beams designed with concrete strength (fc) of 30 MPa. Two different yield strengths (fy) of longitudinal and transverse reinforcements were used, namely, 420 and 550 MPa. The cross-sectional dimensions of the beams were 200  300 mm with a total span of 2000 mm and a rigid stub at the midspan. The beams were simply supported by double rollers at their tops and bottoms. These special supports were located at both ends of the beams. The load applied at the midspan of the beam through the rigid stub with the displacement control. The loading pattern protocol by the drift was set from 0 to 5.5 percent. Based on the test results, it can be seen that the beams with high-strength steel bars could achieve a higher load capacity than the beams with normal-strength steel bars. On the other hand, the beams with high-strength steel bars produced lower deflection than the beams with normal-strength steel bars. Furthermore, it can be concluded that all the beams could withstand the minimum required of 3.5 percent. None of the beams indicated brittle failures. All of the beams could survived until the end of the cycles at a drift of 5.5 percent. This condition indicates that the reinforced concrete beams with higher-strength reinforcement (fy of 550 MPa) could also maintain their load capacities under large deformation beyond the first yielding of the longitudinal steel bars.

scholarly journals Bond to Bar Reinforcement of PET-Modified Concrete Containing Natural or Recycled Coarse Aggregates

Environments ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Assaad ◽  
Jamal M. Khatib ◽  
Rawan Ghanem
Keyword(s):  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Coarse Aggregates ◽  
Water To Cement Ratio ◽  
Concrete Production ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Concrete Mechanical Properties ◽  
Mixing Water

The use of post-consumer plastics in concrete production is an ideal alternative to dispose of such wastes while reducing the environmental impacts in terms of pollution and consumption of natural resources and energy. This paper investigates different approaches (i.e., reducing water-to-cement ratio and incorporating steel fibers or polymeric latexes) that compensate for the detrimental effect of waste plastics on the drop in concrete mechanical properties including the bond to embedded steel bars. The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes used in this study were derived from plastic bottles that were shredded into small pieces and added during concrete batching at 1.5% to 4.5%, by total volume. Test results showed that the concrete properties are degraded with PET additions, given their lightweight nature and poor characteristic strength compared to aggregate particles. The threshold PET volumetric rates are 4.5% and 3% for concrete made using natural or recycled aggregates, respectively. The reduction of w/c from 0.55 to 0.46 proved efficient to refine the matrix porosity and reinstate the concrete performance. The incorporation of 0.8% steel fibers (by volume) or 15% polymers (by mixing water) were appropriate to enhance the bridging phenomena and reduce the propagation of cracks during the pullout loading of steel bars.

Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Hamid Reza Sanei ◽  
Zack Lash ◽  
Josh Servey ◽  
Frank Gardone ◽  
Chetan P. Nikhare
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Recent Improvement ◽  
Manufacturing Method ◽  
Matrix Properties ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Continuous Carbon Fiber ◽  
3D Printers ◽  
3D Printed

Abstract 3D printed composites is a relatively new and untested market in the composites industry. 3D printing in general is becoming a widely used manufacturing method because of its ease, versatile capabilities, and consistency. Recent improvement in 3D printing enables 3D printing of composites fibers in any given direction. In this study, continuous carbon fiber onyx samples were manufactured using Markforged X7 3D printers. Samples with three different fiber orientations were manufactured to determine all elastic properties. The results show that while the properties are lower than high strength CFRPs, there is high potential for the use of 3D printed composites upon improving the matrix properties as well as the bonding between fiber and matrix.

BOND STRENGTH RECOVERY OF FIRE-DAMAGED CONCRETE AFTER POST-FIRE-CURING

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuguo Li ◽  
Yasuhiro Ryuda
Keyword(s):  
Bond Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Strength Recovery ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
Bond Strengths ◽  
Normal Strength ◽  
Curing Age

The effects of post-fire-curing on the bond strength recovery of fire-damaged concrete were investigated in this study. Normal strength concrete (NSC) and high-strength concrete (HSC) specimens with deformed steel bars were prepared respectively. We measured the bond strength of unheated NSC and HSC, and exposed other NSC and HSC specimens to high temperatures of 300℃, 400℃, and 500℃, respectively for 120 minutes. Following by rapid cooling with water, the bond strengths of heated NSC and HSC were measured instantly without re-curing, the remains were cured in water for 28 days, or further in the air of 20℃, 60% R.H. for 56 ~62 days. After the re-curing, the pull-out tests were conducted. The test results indicate that the post-fire-curing contributes to a substantial bond strength recovery of heated concrete. The longer the re-curing in water, the greater the recovery extent. At 90 days of re-curing age, the bond strength rose up to around 77% for NSC, and around 70% for HSC, respectively.

scholarly journals Proportioning and Characterization of Reactive Powder Concrete for an Energy Storage Pile Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umut Bektimirova ◽  
Chang-Seon Shon ◽  
Dichuan Zhang ◽  
Eldar Sharafutdinov ◽  
Jong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Silica Fume ◽  
Setting Time ◽  
Drying Shrinkage ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Reactive Powder Concrete ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Compressive And Flexural Strengths ◽  
Reactive Powder

Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is a newly emerging concrete material that is being used for various applications where high-strength concrete is required. RPC is obtained by removing coarse aggregates and adding fine powders such as silica fume into the concrete mixture. This research has focused on the proportioning and characterization of RPC mixture to be used as a material for energy storage pile application. For mixture parameters, the water-to-binder ratio (WB), silica fume (SF) content, and normal and warm temperature curing have been selected. The relative flowability, penetration resistance, setting time, drying shrinkage, and compressive and flexural strengths were evaluated. Based on the test results, the mixture with WB = 0.22 and SF = 20% was the best mixture with the highest tensile strength and other characteristics. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to design the experiments and find the optimum mixture proportions to achieve the highest compressive strength. The optimum WB and SF content to achieve the highest strength for combined ages (7 days, 28 days, and 56 days) was determined to be WB = 0.213 and SF = 20%. Through the comparison between the test results and the required strength from analytical simulations, the RPC studied in this paper was deemed to be suitable for the energy storage pile.

scholarly journals Determination of fracture toughness and elastic module in materials based silicon nitride

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Edwuin Jesus Carrasquero Rodriguez ◽  
Jaime Moises Minchala Marquino ◽  
Byron Ramiro Romero Romero ◽  
Luis Marcelo Lopez Lopez ◽  
Jorge Isaac Fajardo Seminario
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Mechanical Resistance ◽  
Elastic Module ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Materials Used

The knowledge of the mechanical properties of any material subjected to loads is necessary for its use in structural applications. Silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics are well-known materials used in engineering applications due to their outstanding combination of high strength and fracture toughness. The most studied mechanical properties of Si3N4 are hardness, fracture toughness and mechanical resistance. Recent advances in the production processes that incorporate high purity rare earth elements as sintering additives have improved these mechanical properties. Using Vickers indentation method, the elastic module and fracture toughness of Si3N4 based materials modified with La2O3, Y2O3 and Al2O3 were determined as a function of the cracking system type that prevails under the effect of load. The results indicate that adding rare earth to the matrix increased the fracture toughness the Si3N4 base ceramic Samples containing La2O3+Y2O3 showed higher values of fracture toughness than the ones with Al2O3+La2O3, regardless of the equation used in the calculations. Meanwhile the elastic module decrease approximately 100 GPa for both types of nitrides by the effect of the temperature.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Internal Mounting Forces and Strength of Newly Designed Fastener to Joints Wood and Wood-Based Panels

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7119
Author(s):  
Łukasz Krzyżaniak ◽  
Tolga Kuşkun ◽  
Ali Kasal ◽  
Jerzy Smardzewski
Keyword(s):  
Medium Density Fiberboard ◽  
Beech Wood ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Medium Density ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Moment Capacity ◽  
Fagus Silvatica ◽  
3D Printed

This study aimed to numerically and experimentally analyze the effects of internal mounting forces and selected materials on the stiffness and bending moment capacity of L-type corner joints connected with novelty-designed 3D printed fasteners. The experiments were carried out using medium-density fiberboard, high-density fiberboard, beech plywood, particleboard, and beech (Fagus silvatica L.) wood. The results showed that the joints made of beech wood were characterized by the largest bending moment capacity (12.34 Nm), while the worst properties were shown by particleboard (2.18 Nm). The highest stiffness was demonstrated by plywood joints (6.56 kNm/rad), and the lowest by particleboard (0.42 kNm/rad). Experimental studies have reasonably verified the results of numerical calculations. The test results confirmed that the geometry of new fasteners promotes the mounting forces under the assembly of the joints. It was shown that the higher the density of the materials, the greater the value of the mounting forces (164 N–189 N).

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