scholarly journals Strengthening Effect of CFRP Sheets and Steel Fibers for Enhancing the Impact Resistance of RC Beams

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Mi-Hye Kim ◽  
Kyung-Hwan Min ◽  
Doo-Yeol Yoo ◽  
Young-Soo Yoon
Author(s):  
Ali Kheyroddin ◽  
Hamed Arshadi ◽  
Javad Khedri

In this paper, the effects of macro-synthetic steel fibers and bidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) on the impact resistance of concrete specimens were studied. 54 concrete cylindrical specimens with different compressive strengths (20, 30, and 40 MPa) and with different fiber content ratios (0 %, 1 %, 1.5 %, and 2 %) were tested under impact loading. Half of these specimens were tested with the CFRP wrapping. The specimens were subjected to weight (46.7 and 66.8 kg) dropping at a height of 1.62 m. The process of weight dropping was continued until 30 % weight loss in the specimens was observed and the number of weight droppings related to this loss was recorded. Results indicated that the impact resistance of the concrete specimens (corresponding to the number of weight droppings) increased by using steel fibers or CFRP wrapping, separately. However, the results demonstrated that the specimens wrapped with the CFRP sheets had much further impact resistance than the FRCs without wrapping. Finally, the results showed that the greater the compressive strengths of the concrete, the better the impact resistance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 6734-6742
Author(s):  
A. Syamsir ◽  
S. M. Mubin ◽  
N. M. Nor ◽  
V. Anggraini ◽  
S. Nagappan ◽  
...  

This study investigated the combine effect of 0.2 % drink cans and steel fibers with volume fractions of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5% and 3% to the mechanical properties and impact resistance of concrete. Hooked-end steel fiber with 30 mm and 0.75 mm length and diameter, respectively was selected for this study.  The drinks cans fiber were twisted manually in order to increase friction between fiber and concrete. The results of the experiment showed that the combination of steel fibers and drink cans fibers improved the strength performance of concrete, especially the compressive strength, flexural strength and indirect tensile strength. The results of the experiment showed that the combination of steel fibers and drink cans fibers improved the compressive strength, flexural strength and indirect tensile strength by 2.3, 7, and 2 times as compare to batch 1, respectively. Moreover, the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete has increase by 7 times as compared to non-fiber concretes. Moreover, the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete consistently gave better results as compared to non-fiber concretes. The fiber reinforced concrete turned more ductile as the dosage of fibers was increased and ductility started to decrease slightly after optimum fiber dosage was reached. It was found that concrete with combination of 2% steel and 0.2% drink cans fibers showed the highest compressive, split tensile, flexural as well as impact strength.    


Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 890
Author(s):  
Huiling Zhao ◽  
Xiangqing Kong ◽  
Ying Fu ◽  
Yihan Gu ◽  
Xuezhi Wang

To precisely evaluate the retrofitting effectiveness of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sheets on the impact response of reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams, a non-linear finite element model was developed to simulate the structural response of T-beams with CFRP under impact loads. The numerical model was firstly verified by comparing the numerical simulation results with the experimental data, i.e., impact force, reaction force, and mid-span displacement. The strengthening effect of CFRP was analyzed from the section damage evaluation. Then the impact force, mid-span displacement, and failure mode of CFRP-strengthened RC T-beams were studied in comparison with those of un-strengthened T-beams. In addition, the influence of the impact resistance of T-beams strengthened with FRP was investigated in terms of CFRP strengthening mode, CFRP strengthening sizes, CFRP layers and FRP material types. The numerical simulation results indicate that the overall stiffness of the T-beams was improved significantly due to external CFRP strips. Compared with the un-strengthened beam, the maximum mid-span displacement of the CFRP-strengthened beam was reduced by 7.9%. Additionally, the sectional damage factors of the whole span of the CFRP-strengthened beam were reduced to less than 0.3, indicating that the impact resistance of the T-beams was effectively enhanced.


2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 385-388
Author(s):  
Hai Tao Wang ◽  
Jin Qing Jia

In order to determine the impact resistance of lightweight aggregate concrete (LWC), especially the effect of steel fibers on impact resistance of LWC, a series of drop-weight tests, recommended by the ACI committee 544, have been carried out in the present study. Impact and flexural tests were carried out on lightweight aggregate concrete reinforced with five different percentages of steel fibers 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% and 2.0% by volume of concrete. For each volume of fibers, complete load–deflection curves of SFLWC were generated in order to determine the total energy absorbed for each specimen. The addition of steel fibers to concrete has improved impact resistance and also the flexural toughness. The test results showed that a logarithmic relation exists between flexural toughness energy by means of the generated load–deflection curves from the flexural tests and the impact energy by means of drop-weight tests.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yusuke Kurihashi ◽  
Yoshinori Nonomura ◽  
Hisashi Konno

Many existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures constructed more than 50 years ago now require maintenance. This is especially true in cold, snowy regions where significant frost damage deterioration of RC structures becomes a severe problem. In this study, falling-weight impact tests were performed to investigate the impact resistance behavior of RC beams degraded by frost damage. An RC beam was subjected to approximately 900 freeze-thaw cycles to emulate the frost damage before the execution of the impact test. The surface of the beam was remarkably scaled, and its coarse aggregate was exposed. The degree of deterioration was evaluated by the distribution of ultrasonic propagation velocity. The following conclusions were drawn. (1) The ultrasonic propagation velocity of RC beams was significantly reduced following 872 freeze-thaw cycles. At the upper edge of the RC beam, the ultrasonic wave propagation velocity decreased from 4,000 m/s to 1,500 m/s in some parts. This corresponds to a relative dynamic elastic modulus of approximately 14%. (2) The residual deflection of RC beams with frost damage increased at most by 20% compared with beams without frost damage. The increase in residual deflection was primarily related to the peeling of concrete at the collision site and the opening of multiple bending cracks. (3) According to the existing residual deflection calculation formula, an increase of 20% in the residual deflection corresponds to a decrease of about 17% in the bending capacity of the RC beam. When the relationship between the degree of frost damage deterioration and the impact resistance of RC structures is defined, existing structures subjected to accidental impact force from rockfalls are safer and can be maintained more efficiently.


in this exam, an undertaking is needed to bear in mind the impact restriction of fiber bolstered concrete. on this exam, a easy, rational and reasonable drop weight test become finished on fiber invigorated cement as indicated with the resource of ACI board 544. Fibers containing steel, polypropylene, sisal have been used because the invigorating in four unmistakable quantity components, for instance, 0%,0.five%,1%,1.five%. The results validated that developing the quantity part of fiber prolonged the impact deterrent of sturdy version stood out from customary bond. The outcomes moreover shown that steel fibers are greater dominant at extending the impact test than severa strands.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Sallal R. Abid ◽  
Murali Gunasekaran ◽  
Sajjad H. Ali ◽  
Ahmed L. Kadhum ◽  
Thaar S. Al-Gasham ◽  
...  

The self-compacting concrete (SCC) was invented to overcome the compaction problems in deep sections, owing to its perfect workability characteristics. Steel fibers when used with SCC would affect the required fluidity characteristics but improve its impact resistance. In this research, an experimental work was conducted to evaluate the impact response of micro-steel fiber-reinforced SCC, under flexural impact. A 5.47 kg free-falling mass was dropped repeatedly from 100 mm height on the top center of 270 mm-length beam specimens. Eight mixtures with two design grades of 30 and 50 MPa were prepared to distinguish the normal and high-strength SCCs. The distinguishing variable for each design grade was the fiber content, where four volumetric contents of 0%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1.0% were used. The test results showed that the impact resistance and ductility were significantly improved due to the incorporation of micro-steel fibers. The percentage improvements were noticeably higher at failure stage than at cracking stage. For the 30 MPa mixtures, the maximum percentage improvements at cracking and failure stages were 543% and 836%, respectively. Weibull’s linear correlations with R2 values of 0.84 to 0.97 were obtained at the failure stage, which meant that the impact failure number followed the Wiebull distribution.


2021 ◽  
Vol 872 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Khaleel H. Younis ◽  
Firas F. Jirjees ◽  
Hozan K. Yaba ◽  
Shelan M. Maruf

This study is an experimental study aims to examine the effect of utilization of straight, and low cost steel fibers on the impact resistance of concrete. The impact resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) was assessed using drop weight test as per ACI committee 544. The steel fibers were randomly dispersed in concrete during mixing. Five mixes made with steel fibers dosages of 0% (control mix), 0.5%, 1%, 1.25% and 1.5% by volume of concrete were examined in the study. The results show that mixes containing steel fibers show better impact resistance than plain concrete (control Mix). The results also indicate that increasing the dosage of fiber increases the impact resistance of concrete but up to a certain content of fibers. The maximum increase was recorded at steel fiber dosage of 1.25% by volume of concrete. Also the patterns of failure of the concrete specimens show that fibers are very effective in increasing the concrete toughness which enhance the ductility of concrete and delays the crack initiation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (58) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Mohamed Emara ◽  
Nada Elkomy ◽  
Hilal Abdel Kader

This paper investigates numerically the behavior of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams, strengthened using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) sheets, subjected to impact loading. Three-dimensional finite element analysis was performed and its results were verified against experimental ones available in the literature showing good agreement. Then, a comprehensive parametric study was performed to investigate the effect of studied parameters on the strengthened RC beams. The main studied parameters were type and size of reinforcing bars, geometric characteristics of externally bonded CFRP sheets (width, length, and thickness), impact velocity, and the position of the impactor with respect to the beam. Results showed that the use of externally bonded CFRP sheets enhanced the beam capacity and failure mode, and reduced the mid-span deflection. Moreover, a reduction in the mid-span deflection was observed due to the use of CFRP bars as internal reinforcement. On the other hand, the deflection was increased due to the increase of the impact velocity, and the change of the impact load position.


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