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Strain Rate Effects on Tensile Properties of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

George G. Nammur
Affiliation:
George G. Nammur is a doctoral student and a research assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering (Structures) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Antoine E. Naaman
Affiliation:
Antoine E. Naaman is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Abstract

High strain rates lead to substantial modifications in the stress-strain (or stress-displacement) response of fiber reinforced concrete in tension. These modifications include higher strength and corresponding strain, as well as smaller displacement at failure.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the behavior of fiber reinforced concrete under impact tensile loading, and to study the effect of strain rate on the post-cracking strength of the composite. The variation of the tensile strength of the matrix with the reinforcement parameters such as volume fraction Vf and aspect ratio |/φ of the fibers is also studied ip this paper. A special emphasis is placed on the stress-displacement relationship of steel fiber reinforced concrete in its post-cracking range. An empirical model of the stress- displacement relationship as a function of the strain rate is developed from experimental data from tensile tests on dogbone shape notched tensile prisms. The model highlights the effects of strain rate and fiber properties on the post-cracking strength of the composite, as well as the displacement at failure. The effect of strain rate on the post-cracking toughness of fiber reinforced concrete is also addressed. The literature on impact effects on concrete in tension (plain and fiber reinforced) is briefly reviewed in this paper, and so is the state of the art of testing techniques for strain rate effects.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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