Rigid Body Spring Model for Large Aggregate Concrete

2011 ◽  
Vol 179-180 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Huai Liang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Stress State ◽  
Rigid Body ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Failure Behavior ◽  
Inhomogeneous System ◽  
Spring Model ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Large Aggregate ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Random Aggregate

Based on the fundamental test data and the mesoscopic approach, a rigid body spring model is developed for simulation of the behavior of large aggregate concrete subjected to uniaxial or multiaxial load. Firstly, the concrete is treated as a three-phase inhomogeneous system; random aggregate model for fully-graded concrete is used to form the aggregate distribution. Then, based on the rigid body spring discrete element model, a procedure for mesoscopic study behaviour of large aggregate concrete under the two-dimensional stress state is given. At last, the comparison of numerical and experimental results shows that this method could effectively describe the failure behavior of large aggregate concrete under various plane stress state.

Numerical Simulation on Damage and Failure of Recycled Aggregate Concrete with a Lattice Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 417-418 ◽  
pp. 689-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhuang Xiao ◽  
Qiong Liu ◽  
Vivian W.Y. Tam
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Model ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Fortran Program ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Mixture Ratio ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Damage And Failure ◽  
Random Aggregate

A random aggregate model of recycled aggregate concrete is developed in this paper on the base of a mixture ratio. Combining a lattice model with random aggregate of recycled aggregate concrete, lattice elements in the lattice model of recycled aggregate concrete can be classified into five types: (1) nature aggregate, (2) old hardened mortar, (3) new hardened mortar, (4) old interface transition zone (ITZ), and (5) new ITZ. The fundamental mechanical parameters of the lattice elements are chosen from the authors’ test as well as other references. A FORTRAN program of the lattice model is then written with basic theories of finite element method (FEM) for simulating the meso-structural damage of recycled aggregate concrete under uniaxial compression.

scholarly journals Application of Base Force Element Method to Mesomechanics Analysis for Recycled Aggregate Concrete

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijiang Peng ◽  
Yinghua Liu ◽  
Jiwei Pu ◽  
Lijuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Triangular Element ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Energy Principle ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Tension Tests ◽  
Random Aggregate ◽  
Force Element ◽  
Element Method

The base force element method (BFEM) on potential energy principle is used to analyze recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) on mesolevel. The model of BFEM with triangular element is derived. The recycled aggregate concrete is taken as five-phase composites consisting of natural coarse aggregate, new mortar, new interfacial transition zone (ITZ), old mortar, and old ITZ on meso-level. The random aggregate model is used to simulate the mesostructure of recycled aggregate concrete. The mechanics properties of uniaxial compression and tension tests for RAC are simulated using the BFEM, respectively. The simulation results agree with the test results. This research method is a new way for investigating fracture mechanism and numerical simulation of mechanics properties for recycled aggregate concrete.

scholarly journals Contrasting the Role of Pores on the Stress State Dependent Fracture Behavior of Additively Manufactured Low and High Ductility Metals

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3657
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Wilson-Heid ◽  
Erik T. Furton ◽  
Allison M. Beese
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Stress State ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Fracture Behavior ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Equivalent Stress ◽  
Failure Behavior ◽  
High Ductility ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Fracture Models

This study investigates the disparate impact of internal pores on the fracture behavior of two metal alloys fabricated via laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing (AM)—316L stainless steel and Ti-6Al-4V. Data from mechanical tests over a range of stress states for dense samples and those with intentionally introduced penny-shaped pores of various diameters were used to contrast the combined impact of pore size and stress state on the fracture behavior of these two materials. The fracture data were used to calibrate and compare multiple fracture models (Mohr-Coulomb, Hosford-Coulomb, and maximum stress criteria), with results compared in equivalent stress (versus stress triaxiality and Lode angle) space, as well as in their conversions to equivalent strain space. For L-PBF 316L, the strain-based fracture models captured the stress state dependent failure behavior up to the largest pore size studied (2400 µm diameter, 16% cross-sectional area of gauge region), while for L-PBF Ti-6Al-4V, the stress-based fracture models better captured the change in failure behavior with pore size up to the largest pore size studied. This difference can be attributed to the relatively high ductility of 316L stainless steel, for which all samples underwent significant plastic deformation prior to failure, contrasted with the relatively low ductility of Ti-6Al-4V, for which, with increasing pore size, the displacement to failure was dominated by elastic deformation.

scholarly journals Discrete Element Simulation Analysis of Biaxial Mechanical Properties of Concrete with Large-Size Recycled Aggregate

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7498
Author(s):  
Tan Li ◽  
Jianzhuang Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Stress State ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Large Size

Concrete made with large-size recycled aggregates is a new kind of recycled concrete, where the size of the recycled aggregate used is 25–80 mm, which is generally three times that of conventional aggregate. Thus, its composition and mechanical properties are different from that of conventional recycled concrete and can be applied in large-volume structures. In this study, recycled aggregate generated in two stages with randomly distributed gravels and mortar was used to replace the conventional recycled aggregate model, to observe the internal stress state and cracking of the large-size recycled aggregate. This paper also investigated the mechanical properties, such as the compressive strength, crack morphology, and stress–strain curve, of concrete with large-size recycled aggregates under different confining pressures and recycled aggregate incorporation ratios. Through this research, it was found that when compared with conventional concrete, under the confining pressure, the strength of large-size recycled aggregate concrete did not decrease significantly at the same stress state, moreover, the stiffness was increased. Confining pressure has a significant influence on the strength of large-size recycled aggregate cocrete.

The allowable stress of large aggregate concrete in arch dam design

2004 ◽  
pp. 1165-1169
Author(s):  
Huichao Dai ◽  
Eryu Zhu ◽  
Chunliang Li ◽  
Xiaowei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Arch Dam ◽  
Allowable Stress ◽  
Large Aggregate ◽  
Aggregate Concrete

scholarly journals Three-Dimension Random Aggregate Generation of Numerical Concrete Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 02009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianxin Ding ◽  
Qingzhou Yang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Calculation ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Convex Polyhedral ◽  
Aggregate Content ◽  
Spherical Aggregate ◽  
Random Aggregate ◽  
Concrete Model ◽  
Random Convex

The aggregate generation of concrete is one of the important problems in concrete mesoscopic mechanics. Firstly, the mesoscopic numerical model with spherical aggregates is obtained by the method of excluding the occupied space, and fully-graded concrete model of high aggregate content can be quickly generated. Then, based on the spherical aggregate model, the generation method of random convex polyhedral aggregates is proposed. Finally, a full-graded concrete model with spherical aggregates is shown in Case 1 and a cylindrical concrete model with random convex polyhedral aggregates is shown in Case 2. The result shows that the aggregates are equally distributed in the concrete models which can be used in the study of mesoscopic numerical calculation.

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