Simulating the mechanics of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete for rapid low cost material development and analysis

Abstract

This research has: (i) identified the fundamental mechanisms influenced by the presence of fiber reinforcement; (ii) shown how each of these mechanisms can be modelled numerically; (iii) developed simple and cheap experimental procedures for extracting each of the material models required for analysis and; (iv) shown how the analysis techniques and material tests can be applied to predict the full range of behavior of UHPFRC flexural members. Significantly, this should reducing the need for undertaking large-scale member tests thereby increasing the speed and reducing the cost of material development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 27, 2017
Accession Number
AD1056982

Entities

People

  • Philip Visintin

Organizations

  • University of Adelaide

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Civil Engineering
  • Compressive Strength
  • Concrete
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Mining Engineering
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Standards
  • Stiffening
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Structural Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials