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Computers and Concrete Volume 22, Number 3, September 2018 , pages 305-317 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2018.22.3.305 |
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Finite element models of reinforced ECC beams subjected to various cyclic deformation |
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Timothy E. Frank, Michael D. Lepech and Sarah L. Billington
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| Abstract | ||
| Steel reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) components have been proposed for seismic structural applications, for example in coupling beams, infill panels, joints, columns, and flexural members. The development of strain in the steel reinforcement of cementitious components has been shown to vary based on both the steel reinforcement ratio and the applied deformation history. Strain in the steel reinforcement of reinforced ECC components is an important structural response metric because ultimate failure is often by fracture of the steel reinforcement. A recently proposed bond-slip model has been successfully calibrated to cyclically tested reinforced ECC beams wherein the deformation history contained monotonically increasing cycles. This paper reports simulations of two-dimensional finite element models of reinforced ECC beams to determine the appropriateness and significance of altering a phenomenological bond-slip model based on the applied deformation history. The numerical simulations with various values of post-peak bond-slip softening stiffness are compared to experimental results. Varying the post-peak bond-slip softening stiffness had little effect on the cracking patterns and hysteretic response of the reinforced ECC flexural models tested, which consisted of two different steel reinforcement ratios subjected to two different deformation histories. Varying the post-peak bond-slip softening stiffness did, however, affect the magnitude of strain and the length of reinforcing bar that strain-hardened. Overall, a numerical model with a constant bond-slip model represented well various responses in reinforced ECC beams with multiple steel reinforcement ratios subjected to different deformation histories. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC); cyclic deformation history; steel reinforcement strain; bond-slip model; 2D finite elements | ||
| Address | ||
| Timothy E. Frank: Headquarters Air Force, 1260 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330, USA Michael D. Lepech and Sarah L. Billington: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, USA | ||