Influence of Maximum Aggregate Size on Dynamic Size Effect of Concrete Under Low Strain Rates:Meso-scale Simulations

低应变率下最大骨料粒径对混凝土动态尺寸效应影响:细观模拟

This study is to explore the influence of maximum aggregate size(MAS)on the failure and corresponding size effect of concrete materials under low strain rates.The failure process of concrete was simulated by the mesoscale numerical method considering the internal heterogeneity of concrete and strain rate effect.Based on the mesoscale method,the failure behavior of concrete specimens with different structural sizes and MAS was investigated.Also,the influence of MAS on the failure modes,nominal strength and corresponding size effect of concrete were studied at the meso-scale.The simulation results indicated that MAS has an obvious influence on the failure modes of concrete subjected to axial compressive and tensile loads.The nominal tensile strength increased as the MAS increased,while the nominal compressive strength increased first and then decreased as the MAS increases under quasi-static load.In addition,it was found that the size effect on nominal strength of concrete would be weakened with the increase of strain rate.When the applied strain rate reached 1 s^-1,the size effect on nominal strength of concrete disappeard.Moreover,the MAS has an ignorable influence on the dynamic size effect of concrete under uniaxial compression and tension.

本文主要探讨了低应变率下最大骨料粒径对混凝土材料破坏行为及尺寸效应的影响。首先,考虑混凝土材料内部的非均匀性和应变率效应,采用细观数值方法模拟了混凝土材料的破坏过程。基于细观数值模拟方法,研究了不同尺寸混凝土试件的破坏行为。其次,从细观层面上研究了最大骨料粒径对混凝土破坏模式、名义强度及其尺寸效应的影响规律。结果表明,在单轴压缩和拉伸载荷作用下最大骨料粒径对混凝土破坏模式有显著影响。在准静态荷载作用下,混凝土抗拉强度随着最大骨料粒径的增大而增大,抗压强度随着最大骨料粒径的增大则是先增大后减小。此外,随着应变率的增大,混凝土材料强度尺寸效应被逐渐减弱。当应变率达到1 s^-1时,混凝土强度尺寸效应消失。最大骨料粒径对混凝土单轴压缩和拉伸强度动态尺寸效应的影响可忽略。