The effect of traditional reinforcement – prestressed reinforcement ratio on the behaviour of concrete beams. Issue 4 (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Radnić, J.; Harapin, A.; Markić, R.; Sunara, M.; Buzov, A.
• Is Part Of: Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. Volume 45:Issue 4(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: 234
• Page End: 243
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Materials -- Testing -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201400223
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0933-5137

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="mawe201400223-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p xml:lang="en">Firstly, the effect of traditional reinforcement – prestressed reinforcement ratio on the behaviour of concrete beams up to failure was experimentally investigated. The beams were 10 m long and 0.5 m high, with different ratios of traditional and prestressed reinforcement. The total quantity of reinforcement in each beam was selected to provide their equal ultimate bending bearing capacity. Deflections, stresses in concrete, traditional and prestressed reinforcement, as well as concrete cracks, were monitored until the beams failure. Using the previously developed numerical model of authors of this paper for static analysis of spatial frame structures, which can simulate main nonlinear effects of their behaviour, then numerical analysis of tested beams was performed. Good agreement was obtained between the experimental and the numerical results, which confirms the possibility of practical application of the adopted numerical model. Main conclusions and recommendations for practical applications according to results of performed tests are given at the end.</p> </abstract>