Title :
Predicting Ultimate Punching Failure in Concrete Bridge Deck Slabs through Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
Author :
Yu Zheng ; Robinson, Doug ; Taylor, Su ; Cleland, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Civil Eng., Dongguan Univ. of Technol., Dongguan, China
Abstract :
This paper presents an efficient non-linear finite element (NLFEA) model using the commercial FE package ABAQUS to predict the ultimate load behaviour of deck slabs in concrete bridge deck slabs. In order to overcome the instability problems, stabilization methods were adopted and failure criteria were established to capture the ultimate loads. The proposed NLFEA predictions showed a good correlation with experimental tests.
Keywords :
bridges (structures); concrete; finite element analysis; mathematics computing; prediction theory; slabs; stability; ABAQUS; commercial finite element package; concrete bridge deck slabs; nonlinear finite element analysis; stabilization methods; ultimate punching failure prediction; Bridges; Building materials; Civil engineering; Computer architecture; Concrete; Failure analysis; Finite element methods; Packaging; Punching; Slabs; Bridge Deck Slabs; Explicit Analysis; NLFEA; Punching Capacity;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Computation, 2009. ICEC '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3655-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICEC.2009.9
