Response of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete beams with continuous steel reinforcement subjected to low-velocity impact loading

Doo Yeol Yoo, Nemkumar Banthia, Sung Wook Kim, Young Soo Yoon

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    Abstract

    To investigate the effect of the reinforcement ratio on the flexural behavior of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) beams under impact loading, a total of four large-sized (200. ×. 270. ×. 2900. mm) beams were fabricated and tested using a drop-weight impact test machine. The incident kinetic energy and impact velocity were 4.2. kJ and 5.6. m/s, respectively. A higher reinforcement ratio exhibited lower maximum and residual deflections and better deflection recovery. The test results also indicate that the maximum crack width at a certain drop stage decreased with the reinforcement ratio. A nonlinear analytical model for predicting the impact behavior of a UHPFRC beam was developed using multi-layer sectional analysis and single-degree-of-freedom analysis, and the model was verified through comparison with the experimental results.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)233-245
    Number of pages13
    JournalComposite Structures
    Volume126
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015 Aug 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by a grant from a Construction Technology Research Project 13SCIPS02 (Development of impact/blast resistant HPFRCC and evaluation technique thereof) funded by the Ministry on Land, Infrastructure, and Transport.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.

    Keywords

    • Impact
    • Reinforcement ratio
    • Sectional analysis
    • Single-degree-of-freedom
    • Strain rate
    • Ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Ceramics and Composites
    • Civil and Structural Engineering

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