Study on equivalent static method for the analysis of fatigue behavior of reinforced concrete beam

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences Vol. 272; p. 2018
• Main Authors: Liu, Fangping, Yu, Chen, Yi, Wentao
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2021
• Subjects: Behavior; Concrete; Concrete construction; Constitutive models; Equivalence; Fatigue failure; Fatigue tests; Field tests; Materials fatigue; Mathematical models; Reinforced concrete; Simulation; Static loads; Stiffness
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2555-0403; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202127202018

In order to analyze the whole process of fatigue behaviours of reinforced concrete beams, an equivalent static analysis method is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the constitutive models based on the degradation of stiffness and strength and the accumulation of residual strain of concrete and reinforcement subjected to fatigue loadings are deduced and established by coupling the uniaxial constitutive model of concrete and the ideal elastic-plastic model of reinforcement under static load. Secondly, based on the similarity of concrete failure under static load and fatigue load, the equivalent relationship between fatigue and static analysis can be constructed by using the concrete residual strain as the equivalent parameter. On this basis, an equivalent static method for the analysis of fatigue behavior of reinforced concrete beam is proposed. At last, three reinforced concrete beams with rectangular section are tested, and the fatigue behaviours are analyzed by the method proposed in this paper. The numerical simulation results are compared with the field test data. The result shows that the numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results, which verifies the reliability and practicability of the method.