相似理论在混凝土结构振动台模型设计中的应用

运用相似理论介绍混凝土结构振动台试验模型设计的全过程,总结出了一种通用的设计方法,并且用似量纲分析方法给出了各相似常数的一般计算公式,将该方法运用到实际地震模拟振动台试验中,比较部分实测结果与原型理论计算结果的对应情况,发现二者吻合良好,于是该设计思路是切实可行的。

钢筋混凝土结构小比例尺模型的相似性研究

本文针对钢筋混凝土小比例尺模型,提出了考虑不同材料(混凝土和配筋)间相似性协调问题的一种新型设计方法,即通过调整配筋率、配箍率或者截面有效高度(h0)、箍筋间距等,对微粒混凝土和配筋的相似性协调进行考虑,并且通过构件试验、振动台实验和数值模拟来研究其可行性、有效性,而且通过相似偏差分析可知:相似性协调模型能很好地模拟原型结构弹塑性性态。

钢筋混凝土结构在近场脉冲型地震作用下的试验分析

选择了集集地震中三条含有大脉冲的脉冲型近场地震记录,并截取其加速度峰值所在的脉冲及相邻两个脉冲部分形成新的记录,将其作为地震输入,对两个完全相同的钢筋混凝土模型进行振动台台模拟试验,对试验结果进行了分析,比较两个模型的宏观破坏、模态、顶层位移,得出近场脉冲型地震动会引起钢筋混凝土结构严重的破坏,截取的主震脉冲时程对结构的影响效应在一定程度上完全可以等同于整幅地震动时程。

紧密堆积混凝土配合比模型及其技术路线

提高混凝土等级节能、节材成为一种发展趋势,而混凝土等级愈高,节约水泥的潜力愈大。从集料最紧密堆积、耐久性和孔结构,水泥石-粗集料高黏接强度诸方面整合其最佳结构模型。进一步通过试验,综合原材料择优、集料级配,"双掺"技术,掺合料强度激发剂,水泥强度富余系数利用等因素,确定实现上述目标的技术路线,以便于工艺过程实施。

Experimental study on bond behavior between BFRP bars and seawater sea-sand concrete

Combining fiber reinforced polymer(FRP)with seawater sea-sand concrete(SSC)can solve the shortage of river sand that will be used for marine engineering construction.The bond performance of BFRP bars and SSC specimens is researched by pull-out test in this paper.The effects of the parameters,such as bar type,bar diameter,concrete type and stirrup restraint,are considered.It is beneficial to the bonding performance by the reduction of bar diameter.The utilization of seawater sea-sand has a low influence on the bond properties of concrete.The bond strength of BFRP is slightly lower than the steel rebar,but the difference is relatively small.The failure mode of the specimen can be changed and the interfacial bond stress can be improved by stirrups restraint.The bond-slip curves of BFRP ribbed rebar include micro slip stage,slip stage,descent stage and residual stage.The bond stress shows the cycle attenuation pattern of sine in the residual stage.In addition,the bond-slip model of BFRP and SSC is obtained according to the experimental results and related literature,while the predicted curve is also consistent well with the measured curve.

Comparison on construction of strut-and-tie models for reinforced concrete deep beams

With consideration of the differences between concrete and steel,three solutions using genetic evolutionary structural optimization algorithm were presented to automatically develop optimal strut-and-tie model for deep beams.In the finite element analysis of the first method,the concrete and steel rebar are modeled by a plane element and a bar element,respectively.In the second method,the concrete and steel are assigned to two different plane elements,whereas in the third method only one kind of plane element is used with no consideration of the differences of the two materials.A simply supported beam under two point loads was presented as an example to verify the validity of the three proposed methods.The results indicates that all the three methods can generate optimal strut-and-tie models and the third algorithm has powerful capability in searching more optimal results with less computational effort.The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm III has also been demonstrated by other two examples.

Analytic model of non-uniform corrosion induced cracking of reinforced concrete structure

In order to perfectly reflect the dynamic corrosion of reinforced concrete (RC) cover in practical engineering,an analytic model of non-uniform corrosion induced cracking was presented based on the elastic-plastic fracture mechanics theory.Comparisons with the published experimental data show that the predictions given by the present model are in good agreement with the results both for natural exposed experiments and short-time indoor tests (the best difference is about 2.7%).Also it obviously provides much better precision than those models under the assumption of uniform corrosion (the maximal improved precision is about 48%).Therefore,it is pointed out that the so-called uniform corrosion models to describe the cover cracking of RC should be adopted cautiously.Finally,the influences of thickness of local rusty layer around the reinforcing steel bar on the critical corrosion-induced crack indexes were investigated.It is found that the thickness of local rusty layer has great effect on the critical mass loss of reinforcing steel,threshold expansion pressure,and time to cover cracking.For local rusty layer thickness with a size of a=0.5 mm,the time to cover cracking will increase by about one times when a/b (a,semi-minor axis;b,semi-major axis) changes from 0.1 to 1 mm.

Deformation Analysis of LRC Underground Gas Storage

The risk during construction and in the operation of the underground gas storage （UGS） was analyzed. One of most important risk which should be prevented is large deformation or destruction of the steel lining. The specific deformation of the steel lining needs to be inside the acceptable value. This paper presents lined rock cavern （LRC） concept and specific deformations, which can occur under operation of underground gas storage. Analysis is performed with different （3D model and axis symmetrical） FEM models and analytical model. We made a comparison between analytical calculation and FEM calculation. Concrete wall is mechanically not regarded as reinforced concrete structure which means that concrete will crack. Finally, we determined the minimum value of Young＇s modulus, which satisfies the condition of maximum deformation of steel lining.

Multi-scale finite element analysis of chloride diffusion in concrete incorporating paste/aggregate ITZs

In this paper,we propose a concurrent multi-scale finite element(FE) model coupling equations of the degree of freedoms of meso-scale model of ITZs and macroscopic model of bulk pastes.The multi-scale model is subsequently implemented and integrated into ABAQUS resulting in easy application to complex concrete structures.A few benchmark numerical examples are performed to test both the accuracy and efficiency of the developed model in analyzing chloride diffusion in concrete.These examples clearly demonstrate that high diffusivity of ITZs,primarily because of its porous microstructure,tends to accelerate chloride penetration along concentration gradient.The proposed model provides new guidelines for the durability analysis of concrete structures under adverse operating conditions.

A plastic damage model for concrete structure cracks with two damage variables

Based on the concepts of continuum damage theory,a new plastic damage model for concrete crack failure is developed through studying the basic damage mechanics.Two damage variables,tensile damage variable for tensile damage and shear damage variable for compressive damage,are adopted to represent the influence of microscopic damage on material macromechanics properties under tensile and compressive loadings.The yield criteria and flow rule determining the plasticity of concrete are established in the effective stress space,which is convenient to decouple the damage process from the plastic process and calibrate material parameters with experimental results.Meanwhile,the plastic part of the proposed model can be implemented by back-Euler implicit algorithm,and the damage part is explicit.Consequently,there exist robust algorithms for integrating the constitutive relations using finite element method.Comparison with several experimental results shows that the model is capable of simulating the nonlinear performance of concrete under multiaxial stress state and can be applied to practical concrete structures.

Damage and progressive failure of concrete structures using non-local peridynamic modeling

Peridynamics (PD), a recently developed theory of solid mechanics, which employs a non-local model of force interaction and makes use of integral formulation rather than the spatial partial differential equations used in the classical continuum mechanics theory, has shown effectiveness and promise in solving discontinuous problems at both macro and micro scales. In this paper, the peridynamics theory is used to analyze damage and progressive failure of concrete structures. A non-local peridynamic model for a rectangular concrete plate is developed, and a central pairwise force function is introduced to describe the interior interactions between particles within some definite distance. Damage initiation, evolution and crack propagation in the concrete model subject to in-plane uni-axial tension, in-plane uni-axial compression and out-of-plane impact load are investigated respectively. The numerical results show that discontinuities appear and grow spontaneously as part of the solution to the peridynamic equations of motion, and no special failure criteria or re-meshing techniques are required, which proves the potential of peridynamic modeling as a promising technique for analyzing the progressive failure of concrete materials and structures.

Damage evaluation of reinforced concrete frame based on a combined fiber beam model

In order to analyze and simulate the impact collapse or seismic response of the reinforced concrete(RC)structures,a combined fiber beam model is proposed by dividing the cross section of RC beam into concrete fiber and steel fiber.The stress-strain relationship of concrete fiber is based on a model proposed by concrete codes for concrete structures.The stress-strain behavior of steel fiber is based on a model suggested by others.These constitutive models are implemented into a general finite element program ABAQUS through the user defined subroutines to provide effective computational tools for the inelastic analysis of RC frame structures.The fiber model proposed in this paper is validated by comparing with experiment data of the RC column under cyclical lateral loading.The damage evolution of a three-dimension frame subjected to impact loading is also investigated.

Behavior of reinforced concrete structural walls with various opening locations: experiments and macro model

Two experimental tests of three-storied reinforced concrete structural walls having large openings were performed.Based on an original macro model,a multiple modified macro-model was proposed to develop a simple method to design a reinforced concrete structural wall with large openings and various opening locations.The interaction between reinforcement ties and concrete struts formed along the perimeter of openings was neglected in the original model.However,the strut-and-tie node was proposed to take account of such interaction in the proposed model.The predicted behavior of two specimens using such a proposed model was compared with the experimental results.It is shown that the behavior of structural walls with large openings could be modeled well using the proposed model.Moreover,the study indicates that the proposed model is applicable even in cases of multi-story structural walls having large openings and various opening locations.