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Li SS, Jin TC, Zheng LA, Zhang GY, Li HM, Chen AJ, Xie W. Experimental Study of Shear Performance of High-Strength Concrete Deep Beams with Longitudinal Reinforcement with Anchor Plate. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:6023. [PMID: 37687716 PMCID: PMC10488620 DOI: 10.3390/ma16176023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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As a transfer member at the discontinuous place of vertical load, the deep beam has a complex stress mechanism and many influencing factors, such as compressive strength of concrete, shear span ratio, and reinforcement ratio. At the same time, the stress analysis principle of traditional shallow beams is no longer applicable to the design and calculation of deep-beam structure. The main purpose of this paper was to use the strut-and-tie model to analyze its stress mechanism, and to verify the applicability of the model. Nine high-strength concrete deep-beam specimens with longitudinal reinforcement with an anchor plate of the same size were tested by two-point concentrated loading method. The effects of shear span ratio (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9), longitudinal reinforcement ratio (0.67%, 1.05%, and 1.25%), horizontal reinforcement ratio (0.33%, 0.45%, and 0.50%), and stirrup reinforcement ratio (0.25%, 0.33%, and 0.50%) on the failure mode, deflection curve, characteristic load, crack width, steel bar, and concrete strain of the specimens were analyzed. The results showed that the failure mode of deep-beam specimens was diagonal compression failure. The normal section cracking load was about 15 to 20% of the ultimate load, and the inclined section cracking load was about 30~40% of the ultimate load. The shear span ratio increased from 0.3 to 0.9, and the bearing capacity decreased by 32.9%. When the longitudinal reinforcement ratio increased from 0.67% to 1.25%, the ultimate load increased by 42.6%. The shear span ratio and longitudinal reinforcement ratio have a significant effect on the bearing capacity of the high-strength concrete deep beams with longitudinal reinforcement with an anchor plate. The shear capacity of nine high-strength concrete deep-beam specimens with longitudinal reinforcement with an anchor plate was calculated by national standards, and the results were compared with the calculation results of the Tan-Tang model, the Tan-Cheng model, SSTM, and SSSTM. The analysis showed that the softened strut-and-tie model takes into account the softening effect of compressive concrete, and is a more accurate mechanical model, which can be applied to predict the shear capacity of high-strength concrete deep-beam members with longitudinal reinforcement with an anchor plate.
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- Shu-Shan Li
- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
- Engineering Technology Research Center for Structural Vibration Control and Health Monitoring of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
- Engineering Technology Research Center for Structural Vibration Control and Health Monitoring of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (S.-S.L.); (L.-A.Z.); (G.-Y.Z.); (H.-M.L.); (A.-J.C.); (W.X.)
- Engineering Technology Research Center for Structural Vibration Control and Health Monitoring of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Yang JM, Lee J, Chang C. Effect of Reinforcement Ratio and Bond Characteristic on Flexural Behavior of Carbon Textile-Reinforced Concrete Panels. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:ma16103703. [PMID: 37241330 DOI: 10.3390/ma16103703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is highly anticipated as an alternative to reinforced concrete due to its ability to enable lightweight design, free formability, and improved ductility. In this study, TRC panel test specimens were fabricated and four-point loading flexural tests were performed to examine the flexural characteristics of TRC panels reinforced with carbon fabric, and to investigate the effect of the fabric reinforcement ratio, anchorage length, and surface treatment of fabric. Furthermore, the flexural behavior of the test specimens was numerically analyzed using the general section analysis concept of reinforced concrete and compared with the experimental results. Due to bond failure between the carbon fabric and the concrete matrix, the TRC panel showed a large decrease in flexural performance in terms of flexural stiffness, flexural strength, cracking behavior, and deflection. This low performance was improved by increasing the fabric reinforcement ratio, anchoring length, and sand-epoxy surface treatment of the anchorage. Comparing the numerical calculation results with the experimental results, the deflection of the experimental results was approximately 50% larger than the numerical calculation results. This is because the perfect bond between the carbon fabric and the concrete matrix failed, and slip occurred.
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- Jun-Mo Yang
- Department of Civil Engineering, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea
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Tu J, Zhao Q, Gao K. The Design of Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars Based on Crack Width. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:6467. [PMID: 36143778 PMCID: PMC9505016 DOI: 10.3390/ma15186467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Since glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars have a lower modulus than steel bars, the design of GFRP-reinforced concrete (GFRP-RC) is often governed by the serviceability limit state (deflection and cracking) rather than the ultimate state. A new design method has been proposed in this paper for GFRP-RC beams based on the flexure crack width. The state when the maximum flexure crack width in the tensile zone reaches the limit of 0.5 mm specified by ACI 440.1R-15 was used as the design limit state. The concrete compressive strain at the extreme compression fiber of concrete under the design limit state was obtained by four-point bending tests of eight full-scale GFRP-RC beams and finite element analysis. Based on the concrete compressive strain under the design limit state and cross-sectional analysis, a design method for calculating the longitudinal reinforcement ratio of GFRP-RC beams under the design limit state is proposed. This design method is proven to be feasible by the experimental and the finite element results. In addition, the flexural capacity coefficient was discussed to investigate the safety reserve of the design method.
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- Jianwei Tu
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- School of Civil Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang 473000, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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Musa MME, Xiong X, Zhang Y. Experiment and Validation of Local Bearing Capacity for Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Confined with Stirrups. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:5869. [PMID: 36079255 PMCID: PMC9456601 DOI: 10.3390/ma15175869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has the advantages of high compressive and tensile strength, high bending strength, good durability, remarkable corrosion resistance, and low self-weight. In this study, ten UHPC specimens were designed based on three fundamental parameters, including the ratio of the gross supporting area Ab to the bearing plate area Al (local area aspect ratio Ab/Al), the ratio of core area Acor to the bearing plate area Al (core area aspect ratio Acor/Al,), and the reinforcement ratio pv, to investigate mechanical behaviors and bearing capacity. Failure modes, cracking load, crack propagation, wedge features, the relationship between local compression and deformation, and the local bearing capacity was investigated. Finite element models (FEMs) were built to simulate and validate the observed behavior of the anchorage zone under compressive loading. The experiment results demonstrate that the pv significantly increases the bearing capacity. When the reinforcement ratio increased from 4.5% to 3.7%, the bearing capacity increased by 23%, and the effect of Acor/Al was not obvious. In addition, decreasing the Ab/Al from 11.1 to 6.3 increases the bearing capacity to 19%. Furthermore, a model was proposed to predict the bearing capacity of the UHPC specimens reinforced with stirrups. The calculated values, numerical predictions, and experiment results showed good agreement.
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- Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Zhang R, Hu P, Chen K, Li X, Yang X. Flexural Behavior of T-Shaped UHPC Beams with Varying Longitudinal Reinforcement Ratios. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:5706. [PMID: 34640120 DOI: 10.3390/ma14195706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In order to investigate the transverse flexural behavior of the UHPC waffle deck, a total of six T-shaped UHPC beams, with varying longitudinal reinforcement ratios, were tested and analyzed. The experiments, including material tests of UHPC and beam tests, were conducted. The material tests of UHPC revealed that strain-hardening behavior in tension was exhibited, and the ratio of uniaxial compressive strength-to-cubic compressive strength was 0.85. The beam tests showed that all the T-shaped UHPC beams, even without longitudinal rebar, exhibited ductile behavior that was similar to that of properly reinforced concrete beams. As the longitudinal reinforcement ratio increased, more flexural cracks developed and a larger load-carrying capacity was provided. Furthermore, the sectional analysis for the ultimate flexural capacity of T-shaped UHPC beams was conducted. Simplified material models, under tension and compression, for UHPC were developed. Based on the reverse calculation from the experimental result, the relation between reduction factor to the ultimate tensile strength of UHPC, and longitudinal reinforcement ratios was formulated. As a result, the predictive equations for the ultimate flexural capacity of T-shaped UHPC beams were proposed, and agreed well with the experimental results in this study and existing studies, which indicates good validity of the proposed equations.
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Lee CH, Mansouri I, Bae J, Ryu J. Current and New Approaches to Predict the Deflections of One-Way Flexural Members with a Focus on Composite Steel Deck Slabs Voided by Circular Tubes. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:421. [PMID: 33467035 DOI: 10.3390/ma14020421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A new type of composite voided slab, the TUBEDECK (TD), which utilizes the structural function of profiled steel decks, has recently been proposed. Previous studies have confirmed that the flexural strength of TD slabs can be calculated based on the full composite contribution of the steel deck, but for long-span flexural members, the deflection serviceability requirement is often dominant. Herein, we derived a novel deflection prediction approach using the results of flexural tests on slab specimens, focusing on TD slabs. First, deflection prediction based on modifications of the current code was proposed. Results revealed that TD slabs exhibited smaller long-term deflections and at least 10% longer maximum span lengths than solid slabs, indicating their greater efficiency. Second, a novel rational method was derived for predicting deflections without computing the effective moment of inertia. The ultimate deflections predicted by the proposed method correlated closely with the deflection under maximum bending moments. To calculate immediate deflections, variation functions for the concrete strain at the extreme compression fiber and neutral axis depth were assumed with predictions in good agreement with experiments. The proposed procedure has important implications in highlighting a new perspective on the deflection prediction of reinforced concrete and composite flexural members.
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Hasgul U. Investigation of Parameters Affecting the Equivalent Yield Curvature of Reinforced Concrete Columns. Materials (Basel) 2020; 13:E1594. [PMID: 32244502 DOI: 10.3390/ma13071594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, the response quantities affecting the equivalent yield curvature, which is important in the deformation-based seismic design and assessment of structural systems, are investigated for reinforced concrete columns with a square cross-section. In this context, the equivalent yield curvatures were determined by conducting moment–curvature analyses on various column models, in which the axial load level, cross-section dimension, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, and concrete compression strength were changed parametrically, and the independent and/or combined effects of the relevant parameters were discussed. Depending on the axial load levels of P/Agfc′ < 0.3, P/Agfc′ = 0.3, and P/Agfc′ > 0.3 for the considered columns, the yielding of reinforcement, yielding of reinforcement and/or concrete crushing, and concrete crushing governed the yield conditions, respectively. It can be noted that the cross-section dimension and axial load level became the primary parameters. Even though the independent effects with regard to particular parameters remained at minimal levels, the combined effects of them with the axial load became important in terms of the equivalent yield curvature.
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Buscemi J, Murphy JG, Berlin KS, Raynor HA. A behavioral economic analysis of changes in food-related and food-free reinforcement during weight loss treatment. J Consult Clin Psychol 2014; 82:659-69. [PMID: 24660672 PMCID: PMC4115006 DOI: 10.1037/a0036376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Behavioral economic theory predicts that reductions in consumption of highly valued commodities, such as drugs or palatable food items, are facilitated by increasing engagement in reinforcing substitutes. The current study prospectively examines changes in engagement in and enjoyment of food versus food-free activities during an 18-month behavioral weight loss intervention. METHOD Participants were 202 overweight/obese individuals who took part in an 18-month behavioral weight loss treatment and were randomly assigned to a traditional hypocaloric, low-fat diet condition or a traditional hypocaloric, low-fat diet plus a goal to limit variety in snack food consumption condition. At baseline and 6, 12, and 18 months, participants were weighed and completed a measure that assessed recent frequency of engagement in and enjoyment of a variety of both food and food-free activities. RESULTS Growth models revealed a statistically significant decrease in the relative percentage of food-related reinforcement (vs. food-free) over time (reinforcement ratio, or RR), with the greatest reduction during the first 6 months of treatment. Food-related reinforcement decreased over time, and food-free reinforcement increased. Additionally, the RR change predicted change in body mass index (BMI) from 0 to 6 months and 0 to 18 months, such that greater changes in RR were associated with greater changes in BMI. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that behavioral weight loss treatment may promote a shift away from food-related reinforcement toward food-free reinforcement and that this change may predict BMI change. Future interventions may consider targeting increasing engagement in enjoyable food-free activities to help with long-term maintenance.
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