Unified Yield Criterion for Masonry and Concrete in Multiaxial Stress States
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 1
Abstract
In this paper, failure test results of brick masonry and concrete under biaxial stress state, and of concrete under triaxial stress state, are analyzed. In particular, in the biaxial compression stress state masonry is found to behave as an isotropic material. The pertinent failure interaction curve in terms of principal stress components can be expressed by an ellipse or a parabola. Because masonry can be conceived as a conglomerate material, as a concrete, formed by coarse aggregates (bricks) and cement paste (mortar joints), a generalized failure criterion in the form of an elliptical curve valid both for masonry and concrete in compression biaxial state is provided. In the case of the triaxial compression stress state, from an analysis performed on the test results available for concrete, a prediction of the hydrostatic compressive strength is derived, and a possible form of the limit surface in the principal stress space is hypothesized.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
Alshebani, M. M., and Sinha, S. N. (2000). “Stress-strain characteristics of brick masonry under cyclic biaxial compression.” J. Struct. Eng., 126(9), 1004–1007.
Ansari, F., and Li, Q. (1998). “High concrete subjected to triaxial compression.” ACI Mater. J., 95(6), 747–755.
Attard, M. M., and Setunge, S. (1996). “Stress-strain relationship of confined and unconfined concrete.” ACI Mater. J., 93(5), 432–442.
Bortolotti, L. (1994). “Influence of concrete tensile ductility on compressive strength of confined columns.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 6(4), 542–563.
Candappa, D. C., Sanjayan, J. G., and Setunge, S. (2001). “Complete triaxial stress-strain curves of high-strength concrete.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 13(3), 209–215.
Dahl, K. K. B. (1992a). “A constitutive model for normal and high strength concrete.” Project 5, Rep. 5.7, American Concrete Institute, Detroit.
Dahl, K. K. B. (1992b). “A failure criterion for normal and high strength concrete.” Project 5, Rep. 5.6, American Concrete Institute, Detroit.
Gardner, N. (1969). “Triaxial behavior of concrete.” ACI J., 66(15), 136–146.
Hussein, A., and Marzouk, H. (2000). “Behavior of high-strength concrete under biaxial stresses.” ACI Mater. J., 97(1), 27–36.
Kupfer, H., Hilsdorf, H. K., and Rusch, H. (1969). “Behavior of concrete under biaxial stresses.” ACI J., 66(52), 656–666.
Lan, S., and Guo, Z. (1999). “Biaxial compression behavior of concrete under repeated loading.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 11(2), 105–115.
Li, Q., and Ansari, F. (2000). “High-strength concrete in triaxial compression by different sizes of specimens.” ACI Mater. J., 97(6), 684–689.
Mills, L. L., and Zimmerman, R. M. (1970). “Compressive strength of plain concrete under multiaxial loading conditions.” ACI J., 66(47), 802–807.
Naraine, K., and Sinha, S. (1991). “Cyclic behavior of brick masonry under biaxial compression.” J. Struct. Eng., 117(5), 1336–1355.
Page, A. W. (1981). “The biaxial compressive strength of brick masonry.” Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng., Part 2, 71, 893–906.
Page, A. W. (1983). “The strength of brick masonry under biaxial compression-tension.” Int. J. Masonry Constr., 3(1), 26–31.
Palaniswamy, R., and Shah, S. P. (1974). “Fracture and stress-strain relationship of concrete under triaxial compression.” J. Struct. Div. ASCE, 100(5), 901–916.
Xie, J., Elwi, A. E., and Mac Gregor, J. G. (1995). “Mechanical properties of three high-strength concretes containing silica-fume.” ACI Mater. J., 92(2), 135–145.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17 • Issue 1 • February 2005
Pages: 54 - 62
Copyright
© 2005 ASCE.
History
Received: Sep 9, 2002
Accepted: Mar 5, 2004
Published online: Feb 1, 2005
Published in print: Feb 2005
Notes
Note. Associate Editor: Paulo J. M. Monteiro
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.