Stress-strain behavior of fiber reinforced concrete in uniaxial tension
based on statistical damage model
Abstract
Based on statistical damage theory and macroscopic experimental
phenomena, the damage constitutive model for fiber reinforced concrete
under uniaxial tension is established. Firstly, the damage evolution
mechanism of concrete under uniaxial tension is discussed in detail by
using the improved parallel bar system (IPBS). It is assumed that there
are two kinds of damage evolution process of fracture and yield on a
meso-scale, which ultimately determines the macroscopic nonlinear
stress-strain behavior of concrete. Yield damage mode reflects the
potential mechanical capacity (adjustment capacity of force skeleton in
microstructure) of materials and plays a key role in the whole process.
Evolutionary factor is introduced to reflect the development of the
potential mechanical capacity of materials. Two characteristic states,
the peak nominal stress state and the critical state, are distinguished.
The whole deformation-to-failure process is divided into uniform damage
and local breach phases by the critical state. Subsequently, it is
assumed that the two kinds of damage evolution follow the independent
triangular probability distribution, which could be represented by four
characteristic parameters. Through the analysis of the variation law of
the above parameters, the influence of fiber content on the initiation
and propagation of micro-cracks and the damage evolution of concrete
would be revealed. The validity of the proposed model is verified by two
sets of test data of steel fiber reinforced concrete. The results show
that, the addition of fiber changes the composition of microstructure,
restricts the initiation and expansion of microcracks, and also changes
the damage evolution process on meso-scale. When only the fiber content
is changed, the shape of the macroscopic nominal stress-strain curve
will show a good law of similarity. Meanwhile, the characteristic
parameters representing the two types of damage evolution on meso-scale,
have obvious linear variation law. The relations among physical
mechanism, mesoscopic damage evolution mechanism and macroscopic
nonlinear mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced concrete are
discussed.