Abstract
Fire-resistance experiments were conducted on two full-scale two-way reinforced concrete slabs with three simply supported edges and one clamped edge. This paper presents the design of the furnace, specimens and clamped-end device, the test plan, and the measuring contents and methods. The cracking and failure characteristics of the tested two-way reinforced concrete slabs were introduced. The temperature field distribution of the concrete and steel in the direction of the section thickness, out-of-plane deflections, in-plane deflections, and angle of the slab edges of the two-way concrete slab under fire conditions were analyzed. Cracks form on the slab surface, which is shaped similar to the bottom of a shallow bowl, with two transverse cracks in the mid-area of the medially clamped side and intensively annular diagonal cracks on the corner side. There were several main transverse cracks in the central area of the slab surface. The results indicate that there was a significant decrease in frequency under fire conditions. Relations between the frequency and the central vertical deflection of the two slabs were analyzed by the regression method. This research generates valuable test data that can be used to validate the numerical models developed by fellow researchers in the field of structural fire engineering. Based on the plate balance method and energy method, calculation formula of the limit carrying capacity calculation formula of reinforced concrete two-way slabs with four different boundaries under fire are given, which are simply supported on three sides and clamped on one side. The influence of membrane effect under large deflection is considered in the formula, and the calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results.
Highlights
At room temperature, reinforced concrete slabs will produce both compressive membrane effects and tensile membrane effects, which are related to their supporting conditions
Based on the experimental study on the fire resistance of full-scale two-way reinforced concrete slabs with three supported edges and one clamped edge, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) Under the action of fire, the cracks on the top of the two-way reinforced concrete slab with three sides supported and one side clamped form a failure mode is shaped similar to the bottom of a shallow bowl
(2) The failure mode of the two-way slab with three supported edges and one clamped edge under fire exposure is similar to that obtained by conventional yield hinge line theory
Summary
At room temperature, reinforced concrete slabs will produce both compressive membrane effects and tensile membrane effects, which are related to their supporting conditions. For other supporting conditions without horizontal restraint, there is no compression membrane effect; when the deflection is larger than the thickness of the plate, the tensile membrane effect will occur. In the case of fire, the deflection of reinforced concrete slabs develops rapidly under the action of high temperature, and the deflection is usually several times the thickness of the slab. At this time, the tensile membrane effect of concrete slab has an important influence on the fire resistance of structure
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