Material Characterization Approach for Modeling High-Strength Concrete after Cooling from Elevated Temperatures
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 5
Abstract
Advanced numerical modeling of high-strength concrete () structures designed to withstand severe thermal conditions requires detailed and reliable information on the mechanical properties of the material exposed to elevated temperatures. The only uniaxial compressive strength variation with temperature is not enough to satisfy the large number of parameters often required by advanced nonlinear constitutive models. For this reason, a complete experimental investigation is required. The paper takes a commonly used high-strength concrete () as an example to describe a comprehensive experimental approach instrumental to the parameter definition and calibration of common constitutive models for concrete. The present study not only studied the overall compressive and tensile behavior of the case study material, but also investigated the effect of elevated temperatures on the specific fracture energy and the evolution of internal damage, in residual conditions after a single thermal cycle at 200°C, 400°C, and 600°C.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Professor Roberto Felicetti for his support during the uniaxial tensile tests. The work presented in this paper is part of an ongoing Ph.D. study funded by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration as part of the Coastal Highway Route E39 project.
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