Reinforced Concrete Structures under Cyclic Loading

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-03835-996-8
Verlag: Trans Tech Publications

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

Experimental programs in laboratories give real results to identify nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures but they are limited to knowledge of particular cases under restricted structural dimensions, sizes, shapes, loading and boundary conditions but the computational simulation approach has no limit to its application. Constitutive models are developed to simulate the dynamic nonlinear response of concrete and steel reinforcement subjected to cyclic loading varying randomly in magnitude. The behavior of structural concrete under monotonic loading is affected by important material aspects including cracking, crushing, tension stiffening, compression softening and bond slip. Reversed cyclic loading introduces further complexities such as stiffness degradation in concrete and the Bauschinger effect in reinforcing steel. In this research the validity and reliability of some proposed constitutive models for concrete considering general loading i.e. cyclic, monotonic, partial, common point and transition loading are evaluated.  Comparisons with test results showed that the proposed model provides a good fit to a wide range of experimentally established hysteresis loops.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aslani, Farhad

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Literature Review
Available Concrete Constitutive Models Investigation
Proposed Cyclic Constitutive Model
Proposed Cyclic Constitutive Model Verification under Reversed Cyclic Loading - Comprasion with Test Results
Conclusions
References
Appendix