The Statistical Damage Constitutive Model of the Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Resistant Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

• Published in: Symmetry (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 7; p. 1139
• Main Authors: Shi, Xianzeng, Zhang, Cong, Zhou, Xingde
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2020
• Subjects: AR-GFRC; Composite materials; Concrete; Constitutive models; Constitutive relationships; Cracking (fracturing); Cracks; Damage; damage evolution; Deformation effects; Failure mechanisms; Glass fiber reinforced concretes; Glass fibers; Mathematical models; Mechanical properties; Parameters; Reinforced concrete; Residual strength; Statistical analysis; Stress concentration; Stress-strain curves; Stress-strain relationships; Tensile strength; Tensile tests; Tension tests; Theory; Weibull distribution
• ISSN: 2073-8994; 2073-8994
• DOI: 10.3390/sym12071139

Alkali-resistant glass fiber reinforced concrete (AR-GFRC) has greatly improved in terms of tensile strength, toughness, durability, and reduction of cracking, which has been proven by testing. However, the constitutive relationship of fiber reinforced concrete under complicated stress represents a complex theoretical problem. In order to investigate the microscopic damage evolution and failure mechanism of AR-GFRC, the meso-statistical damage theory, microcontinuum theory, and composite material theory were considered, and uniaxial tensile tests of two types of AR-GFRC were conducted. A new damage variable expression of the AR-GFRC was proposed, and the stress-strain curve was redefined by considering the residual strength based on experimental fitting parameters and statistical parameters. A Weibull distribution was assumed and a statistical damage constitutive model was developed of the deformation process of the AR-GFRC while considering the residual strength effect; detailed calculation methods to determine the mechanical and statistical parameters of the concrete were developed. The validation results show that the theoretical stress-strain curve of the constitutive model is in good agreement with the experimental curve and the trend is consistent.