Experiment and Research on Calculation Methods on Flexural Mechanical Behaviors of Non-Metallic Reinforced ECC Beams

Abstract

Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) has high tenacity and the characteristics of strain hardening. In the bending test, ECC beams equipped with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) in the tensile region show good deformation ability and bending ability. In this paper, the constitutive models of ECC and CFRP materials are established by uniaxial tensile compression test. Based on the plane section supposition, the analysis theory of bending capacity of cross section for ECC beams with non-metallic reinforcement is proposed. The calculation results are compared with the four-point bending test results. The results show that: (1) ECC beams with non-metallic reinforcement reflect the advantages of the two materials, and have strong deformation capacity before bending failure. (2) The calculation results based on the theory of flexural capacity of normal section are in good agreement with the experimental results, and the maximum error is less than 4%. The research results can provide the basis and reference for the calculation analysis and practical application of non-metallic reinforced high toughness material structure.