Evaluation of the Stress–Strain Behavior of Rubberized Concrete under Quasi-Static Compression
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 11
Abstract
Benefiting from its excellent sustainable plastic carrying capacity, rubberized concrete (RuC) has received extensive attention. In this study, the dependency of rubber aggregate (RA) particle size influencing factor on content is investigated through quasi-static compression tests. The results demonstrate that the influence of RA particle size on stress–strain behavior of RuC shows a content-dependent effect. The postpeak stress-buffering area and strain-softening area of RuC reduce significantly with the increase of RA particle size at higher RA contents. Moreover, the corresponding rubber aggregate influencing factor (RIF) model is established. The constitutive model of RuC is proposed by introducing the RIF model into the characteristic parameters. Finally, the stress–strain relationship of RuC is predicted by using the proposed constitutive model. It is concluded that the proposed constitutive model can be further applied to the structural design optimization of RuC.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the projects funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFC1904900) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51978590 and 51808464).
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Volume 34 • Issue 11 • November 2022
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Received: Nov 4, 2021
Accepted: Mar 16, 2022
Published online: Aug 25, 2022
Published in print: Nov 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Jan 25, 2023
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