混凝土劈裂抗拉强度和弯曲抗压强度尺寸效应的细观数值分析
MESOSCALE MODELING ON SIZE EFFECT OF SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH AND FLEXURAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
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摘要: 混凝土作为非均质材料,其材料性能存在随试件几何尺寸变化的尺寸效应。该文在细观层次上将混凝土看作由粗骨料、砂浆和二者界面过渡区组成的三相复合材料,采用刚体弹簧元数值方法模拟了混凝土的劈裂抗拉强度和弯曲抗压强度的尺寸效应,并与已有的试验结果进行了对比验证。结果表明:劈裂加载的试件破坏形态和劈裂抗拉强度与试验结果均具有良好的一致性,并且小尺寸试件所表现出的尺寸效应要明显于大尺寸试件;对不同尺寸四点弯曲钢筋混凝土梁开展细观数值分析得到跨中截面混凝土的弯曲抗压强度,随着梁有效高度的增加,名义弯曲抗压强度整体上呈现降低的趋势,但当梁有效高度大于240mm时趋于稳定。Abstract: The mechanical behavior of concrete depends on the geometry size of the member, generally called size effect. This paper takes concrete as a three-phase composite material consisting of coarse aggregates, mortar matrix and interfacial transition zone between the aggregate and the mortar. In terms of such mesoscale assumption, numerical simulations on the size effect of splitting tensile strength and flexural compressive strength were carried out by means of the Rigid-Body-Spring Model (RBSM). The calculated results were then compared with test data from the available literatures. It is shown that both the failure patterns and splitting tensile strength are in good agreement with those from the experiments, and the size effect is more apparent in smaller size samples. The flexural compressive strength of concrete was evaluated on the basis of the mid-span cross-section of a four-point bending reinforced concrete (RC) beam. From the numerical results, it is found that the nominal compressive strength becomes lower with the increasing of the effective depth of RC beams, and keeps relatively stable when the effective depths are larger than 240mm.