Abstract
AbstractDuctility is one of the most important requirements of RC design besides other requirements such as strength and stiffness. In recent years, concrete beams with a large amount of tensile reinforcement ratio (ρ) have been required in large projects, such as high‐rise buildings and bridges. Using high (ρ) increases the strength and stiffness of the beams and leads to a decrease the ductility. This paper aimed to investigate the effect of using steel fibers reinforced concrete (SFRC) layer in compression zone on the flexural behavior of over‐reinforced concrete beams. Partial replacement of concrete with SFRC layer in compression zone was used to avoid the brittle compression failure of concrete. For this purpose, 12 over‐reinforced concrete beams with a span of 1300 mm and a cross‐section of 120 mm × 180 mm were cast and tested under a three‐point loading. The first beam was used as a reference beam and others as strengthened beams using SFRC layer. The effects of thickness and length of strengthening layer, (ρ), volume fractions of steel fibers, and strengthening methods on flexural performance of tested beams were investigated. The flexural capacity, failure modes, crack patterns, load–deflection relationships, load–strain relationships, ductility index, and toughness were evaluated. The results showed that the suggested technique (SFRC layer in the compression zone) is an effective technique to increase ultimate load, ductility, and toughness by up to 35.72%, 121.01%, and 349.16%, respectively, compared to the reference beam. Furthermore, the failure mode changed from brittle to ductile failure. Also, one of the main advantages of this technique is allows to increase of (ρ) up to 8.55% (4.15ρb) without needing the compressive reinforcement. The results of this study indicate that the using SFRC layer in the compression zone is an appropriate and economical method to provide high flexural capacity and ductility over‐reinforced concrete beams.
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