Effects of hooked-end steel fiber geometry and volume fraction on the flexural behavior of concrete pedestrian decks
- Title
- Effects of hooked-end steel fiber geometry and volume fraction on the flexural behavior of concrete pedestrian decks
- Author
- 류두열
- Keywords
- high-strength concrete; hooked steel fiber; minimum reinforcement ratio; ductility index; sectional analysis
- Issue Date
- 2019-03
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v. 9, NO 6, Page. 1241-1261
- Abstract
- This study investigates the effects of hooked-end fiber geometry and volume fraction on the flexural behavior of concrete pedestrian decks. To achieve this, three different fiber geometries, i.e., three-dimensional (3D), four-dimensional (4D), and five-dimensional (5D), and volume fractions of 0.37%, 0.6%, and 1.0% were considered. Test results indicate that a higher number of hook ends can more effectively enhance the flexural strength and flexural strength margin at all volume fractions than a lower number, so that the order of effectiveness of hooked-end fibers on the flexural strength parameters was as follows: 5D ˃ 4D ˃ 3D. To satisfy the ductility index of 0.39, the amounts of 3D, 4D, and 5D hooked steel fibers should be in the range of 0.98%‒1.10%. Moreover, at a fiber volume fraction of 1.0%, only multiple cracking behaviors were observed, and the numerical results indicated that the volume fraction should be equal to 1.0% to guarantee a deflection-hardening response of pedestrian decks, regardless of the hooked-end fiber geometry. Consequently, a 1.0% by volume of hooked-end steel fiber is recommended to replace the minimum longitudinal steel rebars and guarantee a ductile flexural behavior with multiple cracks for pedestrian decks made of high-strength concrete.
- URI
- https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/6/1241https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/107100
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
- DOI
- 10.3390/app9061241
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING(건축공학부) > Articles
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