Title of article
EffectofaxialrestraintonmechanicalbehaviorandaveragecrackspacingofreinforcedconcreteflexuralmembersOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
Seong-TaeYi، نويسنده , , Eun-IkYang، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
11
From page
107
To page
117
Abstract
Abstract
Thisstudywasperformedtoverifytheeffectofaxialrestraintonthemechanicalbehaviorandaveragecrackspacingofreinforcedconcrete(RC)flexuralmembers.ExperimentsformechanicalbehaviorhavebeenperformedonaxiallyrestrainedandunrestrainedRCbeams.And,theaveragecrackspacinghasalsobeeninvestigatedinotherRCbeamtestsundertheaxiallyrestrainedcondition.
Thetestresultsshowthatthecapacityoftheaxiallyrestrainedbeamwashigherthanthatoftheunrestrainedbeam.Forrestrainedflexuralmembers,axialdeformationwasrestrained,deformationcapacitywasdecreased,plasticbehaviorwasdelayed,andpossibilityofcompressivefailurewasincreasedduetotheaxialrestraintforce.
Themajorvariablesaffectingtheaveragecrackspacingweresteelstress,axialforce,circumferenceofreinforcingbar,andeffectivetensionareaofconcrete.However,theeffectofconcretecompressivestrengthwasminimal.ApredictionequationutilizingtheidentifiedvariableswasproposedfordeterminingtheaveragecrackspacingoftheaxiallyrestrainedRCflexuralmembers.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894674
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