Influence of Different Mechanical Properties to the Concrete Penetration Resistance

2014 ◽  
Vol 982 ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Vavřiník ◽  
Jan Zatloukal

This paper describes influence of different mechanical properties to the concrete penetration resistance. The resistance is evaluated on the basis of the presented experimental program. In the experiment, non-deformable ogive-nose projectiles with diameter of 7.92 mm and mass of 8 g with impact velocity of about 700 m/s were hitting center of the specimens. Determination of the concrete penetration resistance was than based on projectile residual velocity obtained from high-speed camera record. The specimens were made from high strength concrete, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, ultra-high performance concrete and ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete with different fiber content. The concrete penetration resistance was evaluated on total 32 specimens. Influence of mechanical properties, addition of coarse aggregate and steel fibers were discussed. Mechanical properties of the tested materials were investigated on total 125 specimens. Data from the measurements were used for creation of new RHT concrete models in Autodyn. In order to confirm experiment's setup and results, numerical analysis was performed in Autodyn. Results of the numerical simulations were compared to the experimental program.

2013 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Vavřiník ◽  
Jan Zatloukal

This paper describes the projectile impact resistance of cement based composite slabs. The resistance is evaluated on the basis of the presented experimental program. In the experiment, local damage was inflicted by impact of defined projectiles on specimens made from normal strength concrete (NSC), steel fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) with different fiber content. Deformable ogive-nose projectiles with diameter of 7.92 mm and mass of 8.04 g with impact velocity about 700 m/s were in the experiment hitting center of the specimens. Data from the measured and visual evaluation of specimen damage were used for comparison of specimen projectile impact resistance in relation to the used material.


Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Anna L. Mina ◽  
Michael F. Petrou ◽  
Konstantinos G. Trezos

The scope of this paper is to investigate the performance of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) concrete slabs, under projectile impact. Mixture performance under impact loading was examined using bullets with 7.62 mm diameter and initial velocity 800 m/s. The UHPFRC, used in this study, consists of a combination of steel fibers of two lengths: 6 mm and 13 mm with the same diameter of 0.16 mm. Six composition mixtures were tested, four UHPFRC, one ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), without steel fibers, and high strength concrete (HSC). Slabs with thicknesses of 15, 30, 50, and 70 mm were produced and subjected to real shotgun fire in the field. Penetration depth, material volume loss, and crater diameter were measured and analyzed. The test results show that the mixture with a combination of 3% 6 mm and 3% of 13 mm length of steel fibers exhibited the best resistance to projectile impact and only the slabs with 15 mm thickness had perforation. Empirical models that predict the depth of penetration were compared with the experimental results. This material can be used as an overlay to buildings or to construct small precast structures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-72
Author(s):  
Abd-al-Salam Al-Hazragi ◽  
Assim Lateef

This article investigates the behaviour of strengthened concrete columns using jacketing ultra-high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) under uniaxial loaded. The jacket was connected to the column core using shear connectors and (CFRP) fixed as a strip on the tension zone between the column cores and the jacketing. Seven column samples of square cross-section (120 x120) mm at the midsection with overall length of 1250 mm were cast using normal strength concrete (NSC) and having similar longitudinal and transverse reinforcement. The samples were made and tested under axial load at eccentricity equal to 120 mm up to failure. Test parameters were the thickness of jackets (25 and 35) mm and the width of CFRP (0,8, and 12) cm. Column specimens were tested, one of them was reference without any strengthening, and the other specimens divided into two groups (A, and B), and each group included three specimens based on the parameters. Group (A) has UHPFRC jacket thickness 25 mm and CFRP width (0,8, and 12) cm respectively, and group (B) has UHPFRC jacket thickness 35 mm and CFRP width (0,8, and 12) cm respectively. The outcomes of the article show that increasing the thickness of jacket, and width of CFRP lead to increase in the load carrying capacity about (110.5%,168.4%, and 184.2%) for group A, and (157.9%,226.3%, and 263.2%) for group B compared with the reference column due to delay in the appearance of cracks and their distribution. The mid-height lateral displacement of columns was decreased about (66.6%,42.3%, and 35.9%) for group A, and (46.15%,38.46%, and 32.3%) for group B, also the axial deformation of specimens decreased about (71.7%,60.86%, and 55.86%) for group A, and (65.5%,60.5%, and 53.4) for group B compared with the reference column. The ductility of columns that were strengthened with UHPFRC jacket only was increased about (13.67%,19.66%) for thickness(25,35) mm respectively, because of that UHPFRC jacket was contented on steel fibers, and the percentage decrease of ductility was about (5.1%,and 12%) for group (A), (1%,and 9.4%) for group (B) when bonded CFRP in the tension zone with width (8 ,and 12) cm respectively. The results show improvement in the initial and secant stiffness when, increased the thickness of jacket, and width of CFRP because of increase in the size of columns and improvement in the modulus of elasticity. The toughness increase was about (273.97%,301.55%, and 304.5%) for group A, and (453.69%,511.93%, and 524.28%) for group B compared with the reference column because of increase in the size of specimens and delay the appearance of cracks.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1055 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Can Xu

In the original to remove steel and steel fiber reinforced concrete coarse aggregate in quartz powder and a small amount of activator, can boost steel fiber content, and its application in construction makes it more convenient, but how the penetration resistance works is not particularly clear. Through the penetration resistance experiment, found that when joined the SF and BF, RPC can still keep complete even after three times by penetration ,indicating the good performance of penetration resistance.


Author(s):  
Natalia Sharma

Abstract: Reinforced concrete structures are frequently in need of repair and strengthening as a result of numerous environmental causes, ageing, or material damage under intense stress conditions, as well as mistakes made during the construction process. RC structures are repaired using a variety of approaches nowadays. The usage of FRC is one of the retrofitting strategies. Steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) was used in this investigation because it contains randomly dispersed short discrete steel fibers that operate as internal reinforcement to improve the cementitious composite's characteristics (concrete). The main rationale for integrating small discrete fibers into a cement matrix is to reduce the amount of cement used. The principal reason for incorporating short discrete fibers into a cement matrix is to reduce cracking in the elastic range, increase the tensile strength and deformation capacity and increase the toughness of the resultant composite. These properties of SFRC primarily depend upon length and volume of Steel fibers used in the concrete mixture. In India, the steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) has seen limited applications in several structures due to the lack of awareness, design guidelines and construction specifications. Therefore, there is a need to develop information on the role of steel fibers in the concrete mixture. The experimental work reported in this study includes the mechanical properties of concrete at different volume fractions of steel fibers. These mechanical properties include compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength and to study the effect of volume fraction and aspect ratio of steel fibers on these mechanical properties. However, main aim of the study was significance of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with fiber reinforced concrete layer and to investigate how these beams deflect under strain. The objective of the investigation was finding that applying FRC to strengthen beams enhanced structural performance in terms of ultimate load carrying capacity, fracture pattern deflection, and mode of failure or not.


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