Seismic Investigation of Interior Reinforced Concrete Sand-Lightweight Concrete Beam-Column Joints

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis L. Decker ◽  
Mohsen A. Issa ◽  
Karl F. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Lightweight Concrete ◽  
Seismic Investigation

scholarly journals Flexural Behavior of Damaged Lightweight Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened by CFRP

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (ICRIE) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali I. Salahaldin ◽  
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Muyasser M. Jomaa’h ◽  
Dlovan M. Naser ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Lightweight Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Normal Concrete ◽  
Load Carrying

One of the most common methods of strengthening, rehabilitation, or repairing of structural lightweight concrete (LWC) elements is the external carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips. This paper presents an experimental study on the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams which comprise lightweight aggregate concrete, in different proportions, strengthened by CFRP sheets. The experimental program included six specimens with a 1500mm effective span. Two of the specimens were normal concrete beams. Another two samples were lightweight beams with a 50% aggregate replacement with pumice. The last two specimens were lightweight concrete beams with a 75% aggregate replacement with pumice. These beams were casted and tested twice under a two-point load application, once before strengthening and the other after that. The experimental results show that full strengthening of the beams along with their entire length, increase in load-carrying capacity by 75%, 113%, and 107% for normal concrete beam, (50% aggregate replacement) LWC beam, and (75% aggregate replacement) LWC beam respectively. While the middle-third strengthening of the beams shows an increase in load-carrying capacity by 64%, 72%, and 57% for normal concrete beam, (50% aggregate replacement) LWC aggregate beam, and (75% aggregate replacement) LWC beam respectively. The strength of the two types of LWC beams was almost the same and it is about 85% of the concrete beam with normal weight.

On-Site Determination of the Polarization Resistance in a Reinforced Concrete Beam

CORROSION ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 761-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Feliu ◽  
J. A. Gonzalez ◽  
C. Andrade ◽  
V. Feliu
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Polarization Resistance ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam

Analysis of reinforced concrete beam with small fibre

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavlina Mateckova ◽  
Zuzana Marcalikova ◽  
David Bujdoš ◽  
Marie Kozielova
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Small Fibre

Evaluation of Severely Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beam Repaired with Epoxy Injection using Acoustic Emission Technique

2021 ◽  
pp. 102890
Author(s):  
Soffian Noor Mat Saliah ◽  
Noorsuhada Md Nor ◽  
Noorhazlinda Abd Rahman ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Subri Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Acoustic Emission Technique

scholarly journals Toward Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Structures Based on Self-Sensing Concrete Nanocomposites: A Validation in a Reinforced-Concrete Beam

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego L. Castañeda-Saldarriaga ◽  
Joham Alvarez-Montoya ◽  
Vladimir Martínez-Tejada ◽  
Julián Sierra-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Direct Current ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Electrical Resistance ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Structural Member ◽  
Rc Beam ◽  
Electric Resistance

AbstractSelf-sensing concrete materials, also known as smart concretes, are emerging as a promising technological development for the construction industry, where novel materials with the capability of providing information about the structural integrity while operating as a structural material are required. Despite progress in the field, there are issues related to the integration of these composites in full-scale structural members that need to be addressed before broad practical implementations. This article reports the manufacturing and multipurpose experimental characterization of a cement-based matrix (CBM) composite with carbon nanotube (CNT) inclusions and its integration inside a representative structural member. Methodologies based on current–voltage (I–V) curves, direct current (DC), and biphasic direct current (BDC) were used to study and characterize the electric resistance of the CNT/CBM composite. Their self-sensing behavior was studied using a compression test, while electric resistance measures were taken. To evaluate the damage detection capability, a CNT/CBM parallelepiped was embedded into a reinforced-concrete beam (RC beam) and tested under three-point bending. Principal finding includes the validation of the material’s piezoresistivity behavior and its suitability to be used as strain sensor. Also, test results showed that manufactured composites exhibit an Ohmic response. The embedded CNT/CBM material exhibited a dominant linear proportionality between electrical resistance values, load magnitude, and strain changes into the RC beam. Finally, a change in the global stiffness (associated with a damage occurrence on the beam) was successfully self-sensed using the manufactured sensor by means of the variation in the electrical resistance. These results demonstrate the potential of CNT/CBM composites to be used in real-world structural health monitoring (SHM) applications for damage detection by identifying changes in stiffness of the monitored structural member.

Deformation Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joint Cores under Earthquake Loading

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayed A. Attaalla ◽  
Mehran Agbabian
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Bond Failure ◽  
Strain Compatibility ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Column Joint ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures

The characteristics of the shear deformation inside the beam-column joint core of reinforced concrete frame structures subjected to seismic loading are discussed in this paper. The paper presents the formulation of an analytical model based on experimental observations. The model is intended to predict the expansions of beam-column joint core in the horizontal and vertical directions. The model describes the strain compatibility inside the joint in an average sense. Its predictions are verified utilizing experimental measurements obtained from tests conducted on beam-column connections. The model is found to adequately predict the components of shear deformation in the joint core and satisfactorily estimates the average strains in the joint hoops up to bond failure. The model may be considered as a simple, yet, important step towards analytical understanding of the sophisticated shear mechanism inside the joint and may be implemented in a controlled-deformation design technique of the joint.

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