Elevated flat slab of fibre reinforced concrete non-linear simulation up to failure

Autor: Albert de la Fuente, Alejandro Nogales
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria de la Construcció, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. EC - Enginyeria de la Construcció
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
RILEM Bookseries ISBN: 9783030837181
RILEM Bookseries
Popis: The growing use of fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) on structural concrete has made that several codes and guidelines have included models for design in which the traditional reinforcement has been substituted partially or totally. Among the industrial applications, fibres as reinforcement of elevated flat slabs is gaining interest due the post-break bearing capacity of the material. This technology has already been used for real scale structures. This research contribution is focused on a parametrical analysis of FRC elevated flat slab by means of non-linear finite element simulation. The model is calibrated and compared with the real scale experimental test and with experimental slabs tested up to failure that can be found in the literature. The main goal of this paper is to carry out a parametrical analysis of the slab combining different types of reinforcement: FRC and hybrid reinforcement (fibres¿+¿conventional reinforcement) under design loads eventually choosing an amount of fibres for an actual test The results demonstrated that the combination of fibres and rebar improves the structure against failure, reduces deformation and presents a crack pattern better for cracking control. The first author acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University for providing support through the PhD Industrial Fellowship (DI-17-09390) in collaboration with Smart Engineering Ltd. (UPC’s Spin-Off). This research has been possible due to economic funds provided by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the RTC-2016-5263-5 financial support associate to the eFIB Project (building process optimization and structural element design using fibre reinforced concrete instead of conventional rebar) carried out along with SACYR Ingeniería e nfraestructura.
Databáze: OpenAIRE