ENHANCEMENT OF MULTIFIBER BEAM ELEMENTS IN THE CASE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LATERAL CONFINEMENT OF CONCRETE DUE TO STIRRUP

N Khoder (1, 2) , S. Grange (3, 4) , Y. Sieffert (1, 2)

1 3SR - Laboratoire sols, solides, structures - risques [Grenoble]
2 RV - Risques, Vulnérabilité des structures et comportement mécanique des matériaux
3 M2S - Mécanique des Matériaux et des Structures
4 GEOMAS - Géomécanique, Matériaux et Structures

To assess the seismic vulnerability of existing reinforced concrete structures, a large number of degrees of freedom is involved. Consequently, efficient numerical tools are required. In the case of slender elements, enhanced beam elements have been developed to try to introduce shear effects, but in these models, the transverse steel is sometimes taken into consideration with approximated manner or often not at all. However, as shown by some experimental tests, the amount of transverse reinforcement triggers significantly the behavior of beam elements, especially under cyclic loading. Thus, the main goal of this work is to investigate solutions for an enhanced multifiber beam element accounting for vertical stretching of the cross section, occurring due to the presence of transverse reinforcement. The efficiency of the proposed modeling strategies is tested with results obtained from tension and flexure tests conducted on an elastic linear material.

Mots clés: Finite Elements; Multifiber Beam Elements; Reinforced Concrete; Stirrups; Confinement

Domaines: Génie civil; Structures

N Khoder, S. Grange, Y. Sieffert. ENHANCEMENT OF MULTIFIBER BEAM ELEMENTS IN THE CASE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LATERAL CONFINEMENT OF CONCRETE DUE TO STIRRUP. COMPDYN 2017 6 th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineerin, Jun 2017, Rhodes, Greece. ⟨hal-02004317⟩