An integrated approach for modelling the tensile behaviour of steel fibre reinf...

• Author(s): Cunha, Vitor M. C. F. ; Barros, Joaquim A. O. ; Sena-Cruz, José
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/13842
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Steel Fibre Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete; FEM modelling; Tensile behavior; Tensile properties; Finite element analysis; Micromechanics
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The present work resumes the experimental and numerical research carried out for the development of a numerical tool able of simulating the tensile behaviour of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete (SFRSCC). SFRSCC is assumed as a two phase material, where the nonlinear material behaviour of SCC matrix is modelled by a 3D smeared crack model, and steel fibres are assumed as embedded short cables distributed within the SCC matrix according to a Monte Carlo method. The internal forces in the steel fibres are obtained from the stress - slip laws derived from the executed fibre pullout tests. The performance of this numerical strategy was appraised by simulating the tensile tests carried out. The numerical simulations showed a good agreement with the experimental results.