Journal
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103576
Keywords
Constitutive model; Mechanical properties; Stressed concrete; High temperature; Load history
Funding
- University of Plymouth
- China Scholarship Council
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [NWPU-G2021KY05101]
- Shaanxi science and technology innovation team [2022TD-05]
- Shaanxi Sanqin Scholar innovation team
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The study demonstrates that the load level during heating process has a significant impact on the compressive strength and elastic modulus of concrete at high temperatures, particularly in the range of 460°C to 580°C. Additionally, the applied stress level results in a decrease in peak strain, with a significant increase in decreasing rate above 680°C.
It is well documented that the load during heating process has significant impacts on mechanical properties of concrete at high temperatures. However, this important effect is not adequately covered in the existing constitutive models. This paper presents an experimental study on the uniaxial compressive stress-strain relationship of concrete specimens stressed with different load levels (0%-70%) at high temperatures (400 C-900 C) to simulate the real situation of mechanically loaded concrete structures subjected to fire attack. It was found that the compressive strength and the elastic modulus increase with the load level, especially at temperatures ranging from 460 C to 580 C. On the contrary, the peak strain decreases with the applied stress level, and the decreasing rate is significantly increased above 680 C, which could be attributed to the compact of thermal cracks and development of transient thermal creep. Based on the experimental analysis, an advanced constitutive model for stressed concrete at high temperatures is proposed. The main novelty and contribution of this study is the quantification of the effect of the applied stress during heating process on the uniaxial compressive stress-strain relationship of concrete at high temperatures.
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