Evaluation of reinforced concrete beam behaviour using finite element analysis by ABAQUS

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Sinaei
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Element Analysis

scholarly journals A NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PRECAST INDUSTRIALISED BUILDING SYSTEM BEAM UNDER FLEXURAL TEST

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Chieh Yip ◽  
Jing-Ying Wong ◽  
Ka-Wai Hor
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Shear Cracks ◽  
Flexural Test ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Failure Behaviour

Software simulation enables design engineers to have a better picture of possible structural failure behaviour and determine the accuracy of a design before the actual structural component is fabricated. Finite element analysis is used to simulate the behaviour of the reinforced concrete beam under the flexural test. During the flexural test, results are recorded for both simulation and experimental tests. By comparing the results, beam displacement, crack patterns, and failure modes can be studied with better accuracy. The accuracy percentage for yield load and ultimate load between the two tests results were 94.12 % and 95.79 %, respectively, whereas the accuracy percentage for elastic gradient before the yielding stage was 81.08 %. The behaviour between simulation and laboratory models described is based on crack pattern and failure mode. The progression of von Mises (VM) stresses highlighted the critical areas of the reinforced concrete beam and correlation between the experimental specimen, in terms of flexural cracks, shear cracks, yielding of tension reinforcement, and the crushing of concrete due to compressive stress. This paper concludes that simulation can achieve a significant accuracy in terms of loads and failure behaviour compared to the experimental model.

scholarly journals Identification of Crack in Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Static Load Using Non-linear Finite Element Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1631-1646
Author(s):  
Abdulsamee M. Halahla
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Concrete Elements

Experimental testing was used widely as a means to investigate the behavior of these individual elements and the effects of concrete strength under different loading types. While this method represents real life responses, it is very time consuming and the use of materials can be quite costly. Recently, the use of finite element analysis (FEA) has increased due to advances in knowledge and the capabilities of computer hardware and software. The utilization of computer software to model the structural elements has become much faster and extremely cost-effective. The finite element software ANSYS 11.0 is used for modeling and analysis by conducting non-linear static analysis. This research work used nonlinear finite element analysis for a reinforced concrete beam in order to show the potential of the FEA for studying the behavior of reinforced concrete elements, and to understand their load-deflection response along with the crack evolution. For concrete a solid 65 element was used, while for the reinforcement steel bar link 8 elements were used. For the material constitutive model linear and multi-linear behavior for concrete were considered, while linear and bilinear behavior were considered for the reinforcement bar.  A reinforced concrete beam model is studied and compared with experimental data from the literature. The characteristic points on the load-deflection response curve predicted using finite element analysis, were compared to the theoretical limit (hand-calculated) results. Conclusions were then drawn as to the accuracy of using finite element modeling for the analysis of reinforced concrete elements. The results showed a good match to experimental and hand calculations.

scholarly journals Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Flexural Reinforced Concrete Beam using Embedded Reinforcement Modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Mahmud Kori Effendi
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Element Analysis

Reinforced concrete is one of the most widely used building materials in Indonesia due to its workability, easiness, and reasonable price. Meanwhile, it is very important to understand the response of these elements during the loading process to ensure the development of an effective structure and one of the most effective numerical methods for reinforced concrete elements is the Finite Element Analysis (FEA). This study was, therefore, conducted to investigate the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beam using a nonlinear finite element analysis through the application of the MSC MARC/MENTAT software program. This involved the use of a solid element to represent concrete while the truss bar was applied for reinforcing steel after which multi-linear and bilinear models were considered for the two elements respectively while embedded reinforcement model was applied to model the rebar. Moreover, the beam model was also studied and compared with experimental data from previous literature. The result showed the load-deflection to have significantly increased due to an increment in the steel reinforcement yield strength. The same was also observed for the concrete compressive strength while a decrease was recorded in deflection due to the reduction in the compressive strength because the strain was reaching the crushing value. Furthermore, the concrete tension model was found to be the same with the experimental results with the tensile strength observed to have lost its strength after reaching the tensile stress while the contact behavior of the modeled reinforced concrete beam showed the existence of a slip at the support and loading points.

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