CHARACTERISTICS OF STEEL PLATE-REINFORCED CONCRETE COMPOSITE BEAMS SUBJECTED TO FLEXURAL STRESSES | ||||
Journal of Advanced Engineering Trends | ||||
Article 4, Volume 41, Issue 2, July 2021, Page 41-53 PDF (1.55 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jaet.2021.49518.1070 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Yasser Rifat Tawfic ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1Civil Dept., Faculty of Eng., Minia University | ||||
2Civil,Engineering,Minia University | ||||
3Civil Engineering Department, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Composite elements are generally used for special types of structures owing to their high efficiency. This research presents an experimental and theoretical investigation on the flexural behavior of low steel reinforcement ratio steel plate-reinforced concrete composite beams. The experimental program consists of 14 reinforced concrete specimens. Meanwhile, the theoretical study involves the verification of the experimental work and a parametric study on the behavior of the steel plate-reinforced concrete composite beams using nonlinear finite element software (ANSYS 18.1). The theoretical and experimental variables include the shape and thickness of the steel plates, the concrete compressive strength, the number of shear connectors, and the use of epoxy resin. The experimental test results revealed that the use of mild steel plates as a replacement for high-tensile steel reinforcements inversely affects the load-bearing capacity of the steel plate-reinforced concrete composite beams. However, when high-tensile steel plates were used as additional reinforcements, the nonlinear finite element analysis predicted up to a 40% increase in the values of the ultimate loads for the composite beams. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Reinforcement ratio; Flexural strength; Composite; Steel plate; Shear connectors | ||||
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