Effect of Different Reinforcement Configurations on the Behavior of RC Wide Beams

  • Basma Elsayed Helal , Mohamed Husain Mahmoud A. El-Hak Khater
Keywords: Reinforced Concrete, Beam-Column Connection, Lower and Upper Reinforcement Ratio, Web Reinforcement Ratio, and Computational Simulations

Abstract

In this paper, different models of reinforced concrete wide shallow beams were studied numerically via ANSYS platform and a parametric study was conducted. Nine beams were loaded with lateral load and only one beam was loaded vertically with lateral loads. It is worth mentioning that some of the most important parameters are: web reinforcement ratio, lower reinforcement ratio, and upper reinforcement ratio. In addition, it was found that the different parameters: lower reinforcement ratio (1.5%,1%,0.7%,0.3%) of cross section area, upper reinforcement ratio (0.8,0.6,0.5,0.4) of the tensile reinforcement, and web reinforcement ratio (0.13 %,0.067%) have significant effects  on ductility, dissipation, toughness, stiffness, over strength, stress, and strain. The results reveal that the studied parameter impacts all these properties. For instance, the beam (1%Ac bottom,0.6As upper, 10 str/meter) was the most suitable element for ductility, toughness, dissipation, and Shear. Furthermore, the least ductility was found in the wide beam (0.3%Ac bottom,0.4As upper, 5 str/meter).

Published
2021-09-15
How to Cite
Mahmoud A. El-Hak Khater, B. E. H. , M. H. (2021). Effect of Different Reinforcement Configurations on the Behavior of RC Wide Beams. Design Engineering, 11674-11691. Retrieved from http://thedesignengineering.com/index.php/DE/article/view/4324
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