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Finite Element Analysis Characterization of Macro Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete Constitutive Equation
Over the last years, the use of fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) has increased for structural purposes. For the structural design of FRC elements, there was a need of a model that developed the behaviour of the post-cracking response of FRC. In this sense, national and international guidelines have included models to characterise the flexural behaviour of FRC (fib Model Code, EHE-08). These models gather the performance of FRC for serviceability limit state (SLS) and ultimate limit state (ULS) for either steel or macro synthetic polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC and MSFRC, respectively). In this regard, the codes and guidelines do not distinguish between FRC comprised of steel or synthetic fibres and establish the FRC ultimate strain in 2.5%. This limitation represents the behaviour of SFRC but limits the full potential of MSFRC for large deformations. Owing to the aspects aforementioned, an extensive experimental programme has been carried out at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) to characterise the behaviour of MSFRC. This research contribution is focused on an inverse analysis to derive the MSFRC constitutive equations by means of a non-linear finite element simulation. The main goal of this study is to compare the experimental results with those obtained through the simulation using the constitutive equations of the fib MC-2010. The results show a generalised underestimation of MSFRC at ultimate strain and the necessity of adjusting the constitutive equations for SFRC and MSFRC.
Finite Element Analysis Characterization of Macro Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete Constitutive Equation
Over the last years, the use of fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) has increased for structural purposes. For the structural design of FRC elements, there was a need of a model that developed the behaviour of the post-cracking response of FRC. In this sense, national and international guidelines have included models to characterise the flexural behaviour of FRC (fib Model Code, EHE-08). These models gather the performance of FRC for serviceability limit state (SLS) and ultimate limit state (ULS) for either steel or macro synthetic polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC and MSFRC, respectively). In this regard, the codes and guidelines do not distinguish between FRC comprised of steel or synthetic fibres and establish the FRC ultimate strain in 2.5%. This limitation represents the behaviour of SFRC but limits the full potential of MSFRC for large deformations. Owing to the aspects aforementioned, an extensive experimental programme has been carried out at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) to characterise the behaviour of MSFRC. This research contribution is focused on an inverse analysis to derive the MSFRC constitutive equations by means of a non-linear finite element simulation. The main goal of this study is to compare the experimental results with those obtained through the simulation using the constitutive equations of the fib MC-2010. The results show a generalised underestimation of MSFRC at ultimate strain and the necessity of adjusting the constitutive equations for SFRC and MSFRC.
Finite Element Analysis Characterization of Macro Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete Constitutive Equation
RILEM Bookseries
Escalante-Garcia, J. Ivan (editor) / Castro Borges, Pedro (editor) / Duran-Herrera, Alejandro (editor) / Nogales, Alejandro (author) / Galeote, Eduardo (author) / de la Fuente, Albert (author)
RILEM Annual Week ; 2021 ; Merida, Mexico
Proceedings of the 75th RILEM Annual Week 2021 ; Chapter: 59 ; 539-548
RILEM Bookseries ; 40
2023-03-11
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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