NEW CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF VERY TALL REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES HAVING A CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, UNDER THE ACTION OF PATCHY SUNSHINE, CASE STUDY THE 351.5 M SMOKE CHIMNEY IN BAIA MARE

Author(s):  
Adrian Radulescu
Author(s):  
Vladimir I Travush ◽  
Nikolay I Karpenko ◽  
Vladimir I Kolchunov ◽  
Semen S Kaprielov ◽  
Alexey I Dem’yanov ◽  
...  

Aim of the research to verify the proposed calculating apparatus and accumulate new experimental data on the complex resistance of reinforced concrete structures, experimental studies of such structures made of high-strength concrete of circular and circular cross-section were conducted at the testing base of the South-West State University. Method is experimental-theoretical. Results of experimental research the plots of the deflections and rotation angles, the dependency of deformations of concrete according to the testimony of the outlets of electrodesorption with respect to the calculated cross section 1-1. The main deformations of elongation and shortening of concrete were determined; the reinforcement was selected in such a way that in the stage preceding the destruction, it reached fluidity, so the stresses in the reinforcement are known. It is established that for reinforced concrete structures made of high-strength concrete of circular cross-section, as a rule, there is the development of two cracks, i.e. the round shape of the cross-section slightly reduces the concentration due to the structure of high-strength concrete. For the annular section there were several cracks, of which stands out the one on which the destruction occurs. On the steps preceding the destruction, this crack begins to prevail over the rest and has a maximum opening width. On the basis of experimental studies of reinforced concrete structures made of high-strength concrete of square and box sections, reliable data on the complex stress-strain state in the studied areas of resistance, such as: the values of the generalized load of cracking , and destruction ,, its level relative to the limit load; the distance between the cracks at different levels of cracking (up to the moment of destruction, as a rule, two or three levels are formed); crack widths at the level of the axis of the working armature, at a distance of two diameters from the axes of the armature and along the entire crack profile at various stages of loading, from which it follows that the crack opening at the level of the axis of reinforcement in 2-3 times less compared with the crack opening on the removal of 1.5-2 diameters of the working axis (longitudinal and transverse) reinforcement; the coordinates of the spatial formation of cracks; schematic drawings on tablets of education, development and opening of cracks of reinforced concrete constructions in torsion with bending. Thus, the experimental studies and the result provide an opportunity to test the developed computational model and its working hypotheses for assessing the resistance of reinforced concrete structures made of high-strength concrete in torsion with bending.


Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Zima

The following article presents results of investigating the damage detection in reinforced concrete beams with artificially introduced debonding between the rod and cover, using a non-destructive method based on elastic waves propagation. The primary aim of the research was to analyze the possible use of guided waves in partial circumferential debonding detection. Guided waves were excited and registered in reinforced concrete specimens with varying extents of debonding damage by piezoelectric sensors attached at both ends of the beams. Experimental results in the form of time–domain signals registered for variable extent of debonding were compared, and the relationships relating to the damage size and time of flight and average wave velocity were proposed. The experimental results were compared with theoretical predictions based on dispersion curves traced for the free rod of circular cross-section and rectangular reinforced concrete cross-section. The high agreement of theoretical and experimental data proved that the proposed method, taking advantage of average wave velocity, can be efficiently used for assessing debonding size in reinforced concrete structures. It was shown that the development of damage size in circumferential direction has a completely different impact on wave velocity than development of debonding length. The article contains a continuation of work previously conducted on the detection of delamination in concrete structures. The proposed relationship is the next essential step for developing a diagnostics method for detecting debondings of any size and orientation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
I. I. Palevoda ◽  
D. S. Nekhan

Introduction. Spun reinforced concrete columns are widely used in the present-day international construction practice. Known formulas, used to calculate temperatures of cross sections of reinforced concrete structures, needed to assess their fire resistance limit, are successfully applied to homogeneous structures that have solid sections. However, they are inapplicable to spun reinforced concrete columns due to their structural features. The purpose of this work is to develop a method for solving a thermal problem of spun reinforced concrete columns and adapt existing calculation formulas.Materials and methods. This work addresses the heating of spun reinforced concrete structures in case of fire. Ansys Workbench was employed to perform the computer simulation needed to study the influence of the characteristics of spun reinforced concrete columns on their heating. Results and discussion. In the course of the theoretical studies, the effect, produced by column cavities, the heterogeneity of spun concrete and thin walls of these structures on the heating of their cross sections was assessed with regard for the results of full-scale fire tests of spun reinforced concrete columns. Correction coefficients were obtained in order to take account of these factors. A regression equation was derived as a result of the simulation performed in the context of a full-scale factorial experiment involving coefficient khol, which takes into account the rising temperature of hollow reinforced concrete structures in comparison with solid ones. Khet heating acceleration coefficient is applicable to spun reinforced concrete structures due to the heterogeneity of concrete in the cross section. This coefficient represents a function of the wall thickness. Coefficient kth, which allows for the heating acceleration in the course of crack opening in thin-walled structures, varies in the range of 1.00…1.40. The concrete cracking temperature is 550 °C.Conclusion. A new method allows to solve the thermal problem of fire resistance of spun reinforced concrete columns. The engineering formula used to calculate the temperature in a cross-section was adapted. The results of computer-aided simulation and calculation of temperature values, performed using the adapted formula, show acceptable convergence with the experimental data.


Author(s):  
Vladimir Kolchunov ◽  
Sergey Bulkin

The developed design diagram of the ultimate resistance of reinforced concrete structures in bending with torsion of circular cross-sections most fully reflects the features of their actual exploitation. For a spatial crack of a diagonal large ellipse, sections are taken in the form of a swirling propeller with concave and convex spatial parabolas from the first and second blocks between vertical transverse circular sections from the beginning to the end of the crack. For practical calculations in compressed and tensioned concrete, a polyline section of three sections is considered: two longitudinal trapezoids and the third middle section of the radius curve of a small ellipse close to forty-five degrees. When calculating unknown forces, solutions of the equations of equilibrium and deformations of the sections are made up to the end of the crack passing through the moment points for the resultant moments and the projections of internal and external forces. Shear torsional stresses along the linear longitudinal sections of the trapezoid were presented, as well as normal and shear stresses located on the end cross-sections at a distance x from the support. The height of the compressed area of concrete decreases with an increase in bending moments in the spatial section between the first and third cross-sections. It is found in their relationships and connections. The dowel action of reinforcement is determined using a special model of the second level with discrete constants. The static loading scheme was considered from the standpoint of an additional proportional relationship between the torques along the length of the bar in the spatial section and the first and third transverse sections. For a dangerous spatial crack, when projected onto the horizontal axis, the length C was found from a diagonal large ellipse of a round bar.


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