Numerical and theoretical research on flexural behaviour of steel-precast UHPC composite beams



Ge, Wenjie, Liu, Chi, Zhang, Zhiwen, Guan, Zhongwei ORCID: 0000-0002-6967-3508, Ashour, Ashraf, Song, Shoutan, Jiang, Hongbo, Sun, Chuanzhi, Qiu, Linfeng, Yao, Shan
et al (show 2 more authors) (2023) Numerical and theoretical research on flexural behaviour of steel-precast UHPC composite beams. CASE STUDIES IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, 18. e01789-e01789.

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Abstract

In order to promote the utilization of high strength materials and application of prefabricated structures, flexural behaviour of section steel-precast UHPC (Ultra-High performance concrete) slab composite beams prefabricated with bolt shear connectors are numerically simulated by the finite element (FE) software ABAQUS. The model is verified by three prefabricated steel-concrete composite beams tested. Numerical analysis results are in good accordance with experimental results. Furthermore, parametric studies are conducted to investigate the effects of strength of section steel and concrete of precast slab, thickness of section steel, width and height of precast concrete slab, diameters of steel bars and bolt shear connectors. The flexural behaviour of composite beams, in terms of bearing capacity, deflection, ductility and energy dissipation, are compared. The numerical results indicate that the improvement of strength of section steel results in a decrease of ductility, but a significant increase of the ultimate load and energy dissipation. Compared with composite beam made of section steel with thickness of 10 mm, the ultimate load of beams made of section steel with thickness of 14 and 18 mm improve by 29.0% and 58.8%, respectively, the ductility enhance by 2.8% and 8.3%, respectively, and the energy dissipation improve by 8.0% and 12.3%, respectively. With the increase of concrete strength, the ultimate load, deflection and energy dissipation gradually increase. The ductility of steel-UHPC composite beam is the highest, that of steel-HSC composite beam is the lowest. The effect of reinforcement ratio of concrete slab and diameter of shear bolts on the ultimate load of composite beam is limited. Simplified formulae for two different sectional types of proper-reinforced section steel-precast UHPC slab composite beams occurred bending failure are proposed, and the predicted results fit well with the simulated results. The results can be taken as a reference for the design and construction of section steel-precast UHPC slab composite beams.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bearing capacity, Composite beam, Flexural performance, Section steel, Ultra-high performance concrete
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 28 Feb 2023 09:42
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2023 09:42
DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01789
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01789
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3168631