Ultrasonic Damage Measurement in Reinforced Concrete Beams

2005 ◽  
Vol 293-294 ◽  
pp. 695-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogerio Bairrao ◽  
Marcin Chrzanowski ◽  
Joaquim Duque ◽  
Pawel Latus
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Limit State ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure

In several situations the failure of a reinforced concrete structure is preceded by a gradual deterioration of the materials which can be recognised by measuring the change of their physical properties [1]. The main purpose of the destructive tests described in the present paper was to obtain an evaluation of the damage evolution in a reinforced concrete beam, submitted to harmonic displacements imposed by means of a shaking table. A reinforced concrete beam, with two different spans, was designed to sustain a static load of a mass located at the centre of the longer span. Ten identical specimens were prepared and tested at the LNEC (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon) shaking table facility [2]. This paper presents tests, which have been performed in the frame of the European Commission programme ECOEST/PECO (European Consortium of Earthquake Shaking Tables / Central and Eastern European Countries extension). The beams were fixed to the shaking table and submitted to a sinusoidal displacement in the vertical direction, with a pre-established duration and constant amplitude. The tests were carried out by successive stages of increasing amplitudes, until the collapse of each beam was reached. The tests aimed to give an evaluation of the loading history influence on the occurrence of the critical state. During the tests, displacements and accelerations were continuously recorded at several points of the structures, along with ultrasonic measurements taken at different directions, before and after each successive stage. In the present paper the design of the specimens is given. The instrumentation plan, the test setup and the test procedure are also described. Finally, the most relevant results are shown followed by the formulation of a global damage law to predict the limit state of the beams.

scholarly journals Analysis and calculation of normal section of reinforced concrete beam under non-limit state

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 01049
Author(s):  
Jinsheng Han ◽  
Chuanfang Guo ◽  
Hong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Limit State ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Practical Calculation ◽  
Compression Zone ◽  
Deformation Properties ◽  
Flexural Bearing Capacity

The force analysis of reinforced concrete flexural members are usually focused on the limit state that the strain at the edge of the compressive zone of concrete reaches its ultimate compressive strain. However, it is necessary to analyze and calculate the force and deformation under non-limit state in many case. In this paper, the flexural and deformation properties of reinforced concrete beam under non-limit state were studied. Firstly, a program was compiled to analyze the stress distribution in the compression zone of concrete under non-ultimate state, and the stress graph was equivalent to a rectangular stress graph. The numerical results of the stress equivalent coefficient and the height equivalent coefficient of the compression zone were obtained, and the variation curve of the equivalent coefficient was drawn. Secondly, the practical calculation formulas were proposed to calculate the equivalent coefficient of the compression concrete zone under non-limit state by curve fitting. Then, the calculation method of reinforced concrete flexural beams under non-limit state was analyzed by the equivalent coefficient formulas. Finally,a calculation example of flexural bearing capacity of reinforced concrete beams under non-limit state was given.

scholarly journals Influence of steel–concrete bond damage on the dynamic stiffness of cracked reinforced concrete beams

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 1977-1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengfei Xu ◽  
Jiantao Huang ◽  
Arnaud Castel ◽  
Renda Zhao ◽  
Cheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforcing Bar ◽  
Sustained Loading ◽  
Inertia Model

In this article, experiments focusing at the influence of steel–concrete bond damage on the dynamic stiffness of cracked reinforced concrete beams are reported. In these experiments, the bond between concrete and reinforcing bar was damaged using appreciate flexural loads. The static stiffness of cracked reinforced concrete beam was assessed using the measured load–deflection response under cycles of loading and unloading, and the dynamic stiffness was analyzed using the measured natural frequencies with and without sustained loading. Average moment of inertia model (Castel et al. model) for cracked reinforced beams by taking into account the respective effect of bending cracks (primary cracks) and the steel–concrete bond damage (interfacial microcracks) was adopted to calculate the static load–deflection response and the natural frequencies of the tested beams. The experimental results and the comparison between measured and calculated natural frequencies show that localized steel–concrete bond damage does not influence remarkably the dynamic stiffness and the natural frequencies both with and without sustained loading applied. Castel et al. model can be used to calculate the dynamic stiffness of cracked reinforced concrete beam by neglecting the effect of interfacial microcracks.

Prediction Scheme of Torsional Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beam

2012 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 306-310
Author(s):  
Han Chen Huang
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Torsional Strength ◽  
Prediction Scheme ◽  
Optimal Network

This study proposes a artificial neural network with genetic algorithm (GA-ANN) for predicting the torsional strength of reinforced concrete beam. Genetic algorithm is used to the optimal network structure and parameters. A database of the torsional failure of reinforced concrete beams with a rectangular section subjected to pure torsion was obtained from existing literature for analysis. This study compare the predictions of the GA-ANN model with the ACI 318 code used for analyzing the torsional strength of reinforced concrete beam. The results show that the proposed model provides reasonable predictions of the ultimate torsional strength of reinforced concrete beams and offers superior torsion accuracy compared to that of the ACI 318-89 equation.

In-Plane Force Effect of Reinforced Concrete Beam with Elastic Supports

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 1896-1901
Author(s):  
Zhi Kun Guo ◽  
Wan Xiang Chen ◽  
Qi Fan Wang ◽  
Yu Huang ◽  
Chao Pu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Nonlinear Characteristics ◽  
Elastic Supports ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Basic Equations ◽  
First Time ◽  
Good Agreement

The bearing capacities of one-way reinforced concrete beams with elastic supports are investigated in this paper. According to the nonlinear characteristics of the beams, the basic equations based on plastic theory of concrete are derived by considering the in-plane force effects that aroused by the constraints of supports when the beams deforming. It is indicated that the calculation results are in good agreement with experimental datum, and the influences of different supports on the bearing capacities of the beams are quantitatively given for the first time.

Uniform loading on the reinforced concrete beam produced by the specific cylinder-shaped rubber bags fully filled with air or water

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1934-1947
Author(s):  
Dapeng Chen ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
Qin Fang ◽  
Yuzhou Zheng ◽  
Teng Pan
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Uniform Loading ◽  
Air Bag

The bending behavior of reinforced concrete beams under uniform pressure is critical for the research of the blast-resistance performance of structural components under explosive loads. In this study, a bending test of five reinforced concrete beams with the dimensions of 200 mm (width) × 200 mm (depth) × 2500 mm (length) under uniform load produced by a specific cylinder-shaped rubber bag filled with air or water was conducted to investigate their flexural performances. An air bag load was applied to three of the reinforced concrete beams, a water bag load was applied to one reinforced concrete beam, and the remainder beam was subjected to the 4-point bending load. The experimental results highlighted that the air bag and water bag loading methods can be used to effectively apply uniform loads to reinforced concrete beams. Moreover, the stiffness of the air bag was improved by 123% in accordance with the initial pressure increases from 0.15 to 0.45 MPa. In addition, a finite element model of the test loading system was established using ABAQUS/Standard software. Moreover, the critical factors of the air bag loading method were analyzed using the numerical model. The calculated results were found to be in good agreement with the test data. The established finite element model can therefore be used to accurately simulate the action performances of the uniform loading technique using rubber bags filled with air or water.

scholarly journals Procedure for determining the thermoelastic state of a reinforced concrete bridge beam strengthened with methyl methacrylate

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (7(112)) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Vitalii Kovalchuk ◽  
Yuliya Sobolevska ◽  
Artur Onyshchenko ◽  
Olexandr Fedorenko ◽  
Oleksndr Tokin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Field ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Temperature Stresses ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Structural Reinforcement ◽  
Elasticity Module

This paper reports the analysis of methods for determining temperature stresses and deformations in bridge structures under the influence of climatic temperature changes in the environment. A one-dimensional model has been applied to determine the temperature field and thermoelastic state in order to practically estimate the temperature fields and stresses of strengthened beams taking into consideration temperature changes in the environment. The temperature field distribution has been determined in the vertical direction of a reinforced concrete beam depending on the thickness of the structural reinforcement with methyl methacrylate. It was established that there is a change in the temperature gradient in a contact between the reinforced concrete beam and reinforcement. The distribution of temperature stresses in the vertical direction of a strengthened reinforced concrete beam has been defined, taking into consideration the thickness of the reinforcement with methyl methacrylate and the value of its elasticity module. It was established that the thickness of the reinforcement does not have a significant impact on increasing stresses while increasing the elasticity module of the structural reinforcement leads to an increase in temperature stresses. The difference in the derived stress values for a beam with methyl methacrylate reinforcement with a thickness of 10 mm and 20 mm, at elasticity module E=15,000 MPa, is up to 3 % at positive and negative temperatures. It has been found that there is a change in the nature of the distribution of temperature stresses across the height of the beam at the contact surface of the reinforced concrete beam and methyl methacrylate reinforcement. The value of temperature stresses in the beam with methyl methacrylate reinforcement and exposed to the positive and negative ambient temperatures increases by three times. It was established that the value of temperature stresses is affected by a difference in the temperature of the reinforced concrete beam and reinforcement, as well as the physical and mechanical parameters of the investigated structural materials of the beam and the structural reinforcement with methyl methacrylate

scholarly journals Nonlinear creep in a steel-reinforced concrete beam

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
S. O. Chepilko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Nonlinear Creep ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Nonlinear Integral Equations ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Linear Creep ◽  
Resolving System

Problems of taking into account nonlinear creep in steel- reinforced concrete beams are considered basing on the integral equation of viscous-elastic-plasticity of concrete. There has been obtained the resolving system of nonlinear integral equations, a linearization of this system has been carried out, its asymptotic solutions have been written out for the theory of elastic heredity case. The analysis of taking into account nonlinear creep has been performed compared with the linear creep equations and an instantaneous (short-term) loading allowing for concrete’s nonlinear diagram.

Calculation of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Prestressed Steel Reinforced Concrete Structure under Fire

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 2857-2860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhuo Wang ◽  
Chuang Guo Fu
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Fire Resistance ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Ultimate Bearing Capacity ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Resistance Performance

Prestressed steel reinforced concrete structure, compared with other concrete structure has its unique advantages. So it is mainly used in large span and conversion layers. With the popularization of this structure,more attention should be payed on fire resistance performance. On the basis of reasonable assume,two steps model is used as concrete high strength calculation model. Simplified intensity decreased curve is used as rebar,steel and prestressed. Two ultimate bearing capacity formulas of prestressed steel reinforced concrete beam are established. One is for the beam whose tensile area is under fire, the other is for the beam whose compression area is under fire. Prestressed steel reinforced concrete structure has both prestressed concrete structure’s advantages and steel reinforced concrete structure ’s advantage. Steel reinforced concrete is used to improve the bearing capacity of the structure. Prestressed steel is used to improve the ultimate state of structure’s performance during normal use. Thereby structure’s performance is better to play. There are many similarities between prestressed steel reinforced concrete structure and steel reinforced concrete structure about fire resistance performance. Because of prestressed steel reinforced concrete structure’s own characteristics, there are still many problems about fire resistance. This paper mainly presented bending terminal bearing capacity of prestressed steel reinforced concrete beam under fire. Established simplified formulae for calculation, it is meet the engineering accuracy requirement.

scholarly journals The flexural behavior model of bamboo reinforced concrete beams using a hose clamp

2019 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Muhtar ◽  
Sri Murni Dewi ◽  
Wisnumurti ◽  
As’ad Munawir
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Load Test ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Hose Clamp

Bamboo can use at the simple concrete construction because of the tensile strength of its mechanical property. Meanwhile, a slippery surface of the bamboo caused cracks in the bamboo reinforced concrete beam (BRC) not to spread and yield slip failure between a bamboo bar and concrete. Load test at the BRC beam yield humble load capacity. This study aims to improve the capacity and behavior of BRC beam bending by giving waterproof coating, sand, and hose clamp installation. The beam test specimen with the size of 75x150x1100mm made as many as 26 pieces with the variety of reinforcement. The hose clamp used on the bamboo reinforcement varies with a distance of 0 cm, 15 cm, 20 cm, and 25 cm. The testing using a simple beam with two-point loading. The test results show that BRC beams have different bending behavior compared to the steel reinforced concrete beam (SRC).

Numerical Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beam Strengthened with CFRP or GFRP Laminates

2016 ◽  
Vol 707 ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Ahmed Mohamed ◽  
Rania Khattab
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Ultimate Load ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced

The behaviour of reinforced concrete beam strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) and Glass fiber reinforced polymer GFRP laminates was investigated using finite element models and the results are presented in this paper. The numerical investigation assessed the effect of the configuration of FRP strengthening laminates on the behaviour of concrete beams. The load-deflection behaviour, and ultimate load of strengthened beam were compared to those of un-strengthened concrete beams. It was shown that using U-shaped FRP sheets increased the ultimate load. The stiffness of the strengthed beam also increased after first yielding of steel reinforcing bars. At was also observed that strengthening beams with FRP laminates to one-fourth of the beam span, modifies the failure of the beam from shear-controlled near the end of the unstrengthened beam, to flexure-controlled near mid-span. CFRP produced better results compared GFRP in terms of the ability to enhance the behavior of strengthenened reinforced concrete beams.

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