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Abstract
Recent advancements in fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) technology has led to the development of fibrous concrete composites, comprised of fibers with different material and/or geometry, commonly known as hybrid FRC. In one type of hybrid FRC composites, advantageous behaviors of fibers of the same material but with different geometries are gathered in a single FRC mix. The aim of this paper is to develop and validate stress-strain relationships for hybrid steel FRC composites. Six different steel FRC mixes are produced and characterization tests are conducted. Cube, cylindrical and beam specimens are produced for each characterization test corresponding to each of the Steel FRC (SFRC) composites. In this regard, an experimental program is performed to determine the basic engineering properties of SFRC composites using standard compressive, splitting tensile and three-point bending tests. The prescribed procedure of the RILEM guideline, originally developed for non-hybrid FRC, is followed using the obtained experimental results to develop stress-strain behavior models for the SFRC mixes. To validate results for the hybrid SFRC composites, numerical simulations of the 3-point bending tests were performed and compared to that of corresponding experimental results. The results indicated that the proposed stress-strain relationships yield acceptable results for characterizing the behavior of hybrid SFRC composites.
Highlights
The properties of a concrete mix can be enhanced by adding various additives or components
Recent advancements in fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) technology has led to the development of fibrous concrete composites, comprised of fibers with different material and/or geometry, commonly known as hybrid FRC
The aim of this paper is to develop and validate stress-strain behavior models for Hybrid Steel FRC (SFRC) (HSFRC), comprised of six different combinations of steel fiber in terms of volume fraction, size and shape, using the RILEM TC 162-TDF guidelines [5]
Summary
The properties of a concrete mix can be enhanced by adding various additives or components. The aim of this paper is to develop and validate stress-strain behavior models for Hybrid SFRC (HSFRC), comprised of six different combinations of steel fiber in terms of volume fraction, size and shape, using the RILEM TC 162-TDF guidelines [5] These fundamental relationships are necessary to design structures made of hybrid SFRC, and be used for reliably assessing the structural response of in a numerical approach. For tunnel linings located in aggressive environments [15], cracking can lead to deficiencies in tunnel durability and operational performance, imposing excess maintenance costs To this end, an experimental program including compressive, splitting tensile, and three-point bending tests (3PBTs), is conducted to assess the basic mechanical properties of the SFRC composites. The two fiber volume contents, i.e. 0.3% and 0.5%, was chosen based on previous efforts to possibly replace traditional steel reinforcement with steel FRC in tunnel segments [14,25]
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