scholarly journals Textile-Reinforced Concrete Versus Steel-Reinforced Concrete in Flexural Performance of Full-Scale Concrete Beams

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1272
Author(s):  
Fahed Alrshoudi
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ultimate Load ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Load Resistance ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Similar Area ◽  
Cover Thickness

The effectiveness of textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) and steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) in the flexural performance of rectangular concrete beams was investigated in this study. To better understand TRC behaviour, large-scale concrete beams of 120 × 200 × 2600 mm were tested and analysed in this work. Cover thickness, anchoring, and various layouts were all taken into consideration to assess the performance of beams. In addition, bi-axial and uni-axial TRC beams and SRC beams were classified according to the sort and arrangement of reinforcements. The findings showed that anchoring the textiles at both ends enhanced load resistance and prevented sliding. The ultimate load of the tow type of textile reinforcement was higher, attributed to the increased bond. Variations in cover thickness also change the ultimate load and deflection, according to the findings. Consequently, in this investigation, the ideal cover thickness was determined to be 30 mm. Furthermore, for the similar area of reinforcements, the ultimate load of TRC beams was noted up to 56% higher than that of the SRC control beam, while the deflection was roughly 37% lower.

Flexural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Built-up Beams with SIFCON

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5A) ◽  
pp. 669-680
Author(s):  
Ghazwan K. Mohammed ◽  
Kaiss F. Sarsam ◽  
Ikbal N. Gorgis
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Ultimate Load ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Fiber Concrete

The study deals with the effect of using Slurry infiltrated fiber concrete (SIFCON) with the reinforced concrete beams to explore its enhancement to the flexural capacity. The experimental work consists of the casting of six beams, two beams were fully cast by conventional concrete (CC) and SIFCON, as references. While the remaining was made by contributing a layer of SIFCON diverse in-depth and position, towards complete the overall depths of the built-up beam with conventional concrete CC. Also, an investigation was done through the control specimens testing about the mechanical properties of SIFCON. The results showed a stiffer behavior with a significant increase in load-carrying capacity when SIFCON used in tension zones. Otherwise high ductility and energy dissipation appeared when SIFCON placed in compression zones with a slight increment in ultimate load. The high volumetric ratio of steel fibers enabled SIFCON to magnificent tensile properties.

scholarly journals Flexural Performance of Small-Scale Textile-Reinforced Concrete Beams

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1178
Author(s):  
Fahed Alrshoudi
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Textile Fibre ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
High Performance Composite

Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) as a novel high-performance composite material can be used as a strengthening material and component bearing load alone. The flexural performance of TRC beams strengthened with textile reinforcement such as carbon tows was experimentally examined and associated with those of steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) beams. Through four-point bending tests, this research explores the effects of textile layers and dosages of short textile fibre on the flexural strength of concrete beams. A total of 64 prism samples of size 100 mm × 100 mm × 500 mm were made, flexure-strengthened, and tested to evaluate various characteristics and the efficiency of TRC versus SRC beams. TRC beams performed exceptionally well as supporting material in enhancing concrete’s flexural capacity; in addition, TRC’s average ultimate load effectiveness was up to 56% than that of SRC specimens. Furthermore, the maximum deflection was about 37% lesser than SRC beams. The results showed that by increasing the number of layers, the TRC’s effectiveness was significantly increased, and the failure mode became more ductile.

scholarly journals Behaviour of Textile-Reinforced Concrete Beams versus Steel-Reinforced Concrete Beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Fahed Alrshoudi
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Tension Stiffening ◽  
Moment Capacity ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Bending Load

There has been a rising interest in utilising textile reinforcement such as carbon tows in constructing concrete components to enhance the performance of conventional reinforced concrete. Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) has been used as a construction material mostly as primary reinforcement. However, the structural performance of TRC members has not been investigated in depth. Therefore, to better understand TRC beams’ behaviour under bending load, a widespread experimental investigation was conducted. The results of tensile stress-strain, load-deflection, moment-curvature, and tension stiffening behaviours of TRC beams were associated with conventional steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) beams. In this study, the four-point bending and tensile strength tests were performed. The results revealed that, unlike the stress-strain behaviour observed in steel, textile reinforcement does not exhibit yielding strain. The flexural behaviour of TRC beams shows no similarity to that of SRC beams at postcracking formation. Besides, the moment capacity and tension stiffening of TRC beams were found 56% and 7 times higher than those of SRC beams, respectively. Therefore, in light of these results, it can be said that TRC beams behaviour differs from that of SRC beams.

Flexural performance of reinforced concrete beams made by innovative post-filling coarse aggregate process

2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322110093
Author(s):  
Jinqing Jia ◽  
Qi Cao ◽  
Lihua Zhang ◽  
Jiayu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Load ◽  
Coarse Aggregate ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Filling Ratio ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Peak Value

Concrete made by post-filling coarse aggregate process could reduce the cement content greatly compared with traditional concrete placement method. Thus, it not only lowers the production cost of concrete through lower usage of cement but also reduces the CO2 emissions to the environment. In this paper, the compressive and tensile strength of post-filling coarse aggregate concrete with different post-filling ratios (PFRs) (0%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%) and concrete strength grades (C30, C40, C50) were first studied. Then the flexural performance of nineteen concrete beams with different concrete strength, post-filling ratios, reinforcement ratios was investigated. The experimental results showed that the compressive strength and elastic modulus of the post-filling coarse aggregate concrete increased with the increase of the post-filling ratio of coarse aggregate, reaching the peak value at the filling ratio of 20%. It indicated that there was no obvious difference in the failure mode as well as middle-span deflections between post-filling coarse aggregate concrete (PFCC) beams and ordinary concrete (OC) beams. Ductile failure was observed for all nineteen specimens. Results demonstrated that the cracking load, yield load, and ultimate load of the post-filling coarse aggregate concrete beams all reached the peak value at the post-filling ratio of 20%. In addition, the theoretical predictions of cracking loads and ultimate load carrying capacities matched the experimental results in satisfactory agreement.

Flexural performance of layered PET fiber reinforced concrete beams

Structures ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Omar Khalid Ali ◽  
Abdulkader Ismail Al-Hadithi ◽  
Ahmed Tareq Noaman
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Flexural Performance
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