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Numerical support for description of behavior of cement based composite during fatigue test
Holušová, Táňa ; Padevět,, Pavel (referee) ; PhD, Ladislav Řoutil, (referee) ; Seitl, Stanislav (advisor)
The presented dissertation thesis is focused on analysis of alternative test method for determination of mechanical parameters of cement based composites. A disk shaped specimen with diameter 150 mm, thickness 60 mm was analysed and its modification for use on compact tension test (CT). Such a test is hereinafter referred to as modified compact tension (shortly MCT or MDCT)). This test configuration was chosen for testing the static and fatigue properties of cement based composites precisely because of its traditional use for fatigue testing of metallic materials. Specimens with a different cross-sections can also be used for MCT, but the work is exclusively focused on circular specimen, for example because it could be easily cut from drill core taken directly from the existing structure, on which the properties are more relevant to the age of the used concrete of the controlled structure. The modified compact tension test was firstly calibrated by numerical simulations involved the tuning of the shape of the numerical model and used material models of concrete and steel. Then the laboratory testing of modified compact tension on several levels were performed. The adequacy of the numerical model was verified against the pilot laboratory testing of the MCT test. Furthermore, the comparison of the modified compact tension test and its suitability for determining of fracture mechanical parameters of cement based composites with the three point bending test, which is the standardized test configuration for these purposes was performed. Another laboratory testing was focused of determining of fracture mechanical parameters of concrete mixture classified in strength class C30/37 and the pilot study of fatigue parameters of the same strength class of the concrete mix. The work was also presented numerical simulations of the push-out test, focused on the connection of concrete and steel with epoxy adhesive.
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Analysis of stress state and failure in test specimens used for determination of fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl,, Stanislav (referee) ; Veselý, Václav (advisor)
The thesis is focused on a test on determination of the fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials, especially concrete. What is referred to as the wedge-splitting test is considered, for which a variety of shapes of notched specimen can be used. This work is exclusively focused on the cylinder-shaped specimen of diameter 150 mm and breadth of 100 mm. The test is performed virtually using Atena 2D FEM software. Progress of failure is observed during loading of the specimen for various notch lengths. The amount of energy released for the development the failure outside of the tested cross-sectional area (weakened by the notch) is quantified and the size of the fracture process zone is investigated. The described analysis is performed for several material sets witch differ in cohesive properties of the quasi-brittle material expressed via the so-called characteristic length. Suitable proportions of the test specimen are sought, in order to avoid the failure and thus also the energy dissipation outside of the specimen ligament area during the experimental tests, which shall lead to more accurate estimates of fracture-mechanical parameters of the tested material.
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Numerical support for description of behavior of cement based composite during fatigue test
Holušová, Táňa ; Padevět,, Pavel (referee) ; PhD, Ladislav Řoutil, (referee) ; Seitl, Stanislav (advisor)
The presented dissertation thesis is focused on analysis of alternative test method for determination of mechanical parameters of cement based composites. A disk shaped specimen with diameter 150 mm, thickness 60 mm was analysed and its modification for use on compact tension test (CT). Such a test is hereinafter referred to as modified compact tension (shortly MCT or MDCT)). This test configuration was chosen for testing the static and fatigue properties of cement based composites precisely because of its traditional use for fatigue testing of metallic materials. Specimens with a different cross-sections can also be used for MCT, but the work is exclusively focused on circular specimen, for example because it could be easily cut from drill core taken directly from the existing structure, on which the properties are more relevant to the age of the used concrete of the controlled structure. The modified compact tension test was firstly calibrated by numerical simulations involved the tuning of the shape of the numerical model and used material models of concrete and steel. Then the laboratory testing of modified compact tension on several levels were performed. The adequacy of the numerical model was verified against the pilot laboratory testing of the MCT test. Furthermore, the comparison of the modified compact tension test and its suitability for determining of fracture mechanical parameters of cement based composites with the three point bending test, which is the standardized test configuration for these purposes was performed. Another laboratory testing was focused of determining of fracture mechanical parameters of concrete mixture classified in strength class C30/37 and the pilot study of fatigue parameters of the same strength class of the concrete mix. The work was also presented numerical simulations of the push-out test, focused on the connection of concrete and steel with epoxy adhesive.
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Analysis of stress state and failure in test specimens used for determination of fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl,, Stanislav (referee) ; Veselý, Václav (advisor)
The thesis is focused on a test on determination of the fracture-mechanical parameters of quasi-brittle materials, especially concrete. What is referred to as the wedge-splitting test is considered, for which a variety of shapes of notched specimen can be used. This work is exclusively focused on the cylinder-shaped specimen of diameter 150 mm and breadth of 100 mm. The test is performed virtually using Atena 2D FEM software. Progress of failure is observed during loading of the specimen for various notch lengths. The amount of energy released for the development the failure outside of the tested cross-sectional area (weakened by the notch) is quantified and the size of the fracture process zone is investigated. The described analysis is performed for several material sets witch differ in cohesive properties of the quasi-brittle material expressed via the so-called characteristic length. Suitable proportions of the test specimen are sought, in order to avoid the failure and thus also the energy dissipation outside of the specimen ligament area during the experimental tests, which shall lead to more accurate estimates of fracture-mechanical parameters of the tested material.
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Modified compact tension test: The influence of the steel bars position
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl, Stanislav ; Fernández-Canteli, A.
Testing and analysis of fatigue behavior of homogeneous materials, such as concrete or other cement based composites, are one major problem being studied in this scientific field. In this contribution, adaptation of the compact tension test, well known its use in the testing of metallic materials, is pursued for crack propagation rate measurement on cement based composites using cylindrical specimens. In particular, the influence of the steel bars position on the fracture parameters is studied in the modified compact tension test. The numerical study is performed by ATENA 2D. The results are compared by Load-COD diagrams and the variation of the fracture parameters values is discussed.
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Numerical support for compact tension test applied on quasi-brittle materials
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl, Stanislav ; Fernández-Canteli, A.
One of the fundamental trends in study of building materials is the determination of a crack propagation rate in quasi-brittle materials. The aim of this contribution is the quantification of influence of different boundary conditions for modify compact tension test. The different boundary conditions are expressed by changing position of grip steel bars and various starting notch lengths. The study is performed in finite element software ATENA. The trends of numerical results and pilot experimental data are compared.
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Numerical prediction of parasitic energy dissipation in wedge splitting tests on concrete specimens
Veselý, V. ; Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl, Stanislav
Undesirable energy dissipation taking place during wedge-splitting tests on cementitious composites and resulting in overestimation of the values of the determined fracture-mechanical characteristics of the tested materials is investigated in this paper via numerical simulations performed using a commercial finite element method tool with an implemented cohesive crack model. The rather broad range of cohesive behaviour of the studied materials was simulated through adjustments made to the corresponding characteristic length of the composite. The parasitic amount of energy is dissipated in fracture processes around the corners of the groove for the insertion of the loading platens, as these corners introduce rather strong stress concentrators to the specimen. This amount was extracted from simulated load-displacement curves and it was discovered that the amount considerably depends on the specimen proportions but its dependence on the level of material brittleness is not so significant.
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Push Out Test: Numerical Study of the Influence of Concrete Part Width on Load Test
Holušová, Táňa ; Klusák, Jan ; Seitl, Stanislav
The concrete and steel are often performed by mechanical connectors, which are resistant against shear load. These connectors can be subjected to adverse effect, which is high concentration level of tension in connectors or their tendency to corrosion. By using bonded joint such as an epoxy layer gritted by granulates it is possible to avoid these negative effects. The aim of the contribution is to show the influence of the various concrete block widths on values of the maximum load. The modelling was performed by 2D software ATENA (Červenka Consulting)
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Calculation of Fatigue Crack Lengths from CMOD Measurement Performed on Concrete 3PB Specimens
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl, Stanislav
The fatigue of cement based composites is now one of the progressive branches in research. To describe fatigue crack growth quantitatively it is necessary to know the values of materials parameters for Paris-Erdogan law. In cement based composites it is difficult to measure crack lengths directly. Therefore the crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) is measured and then recalculated to crack lengths. The aim of the present article is to find the relation between CMOD and the corresponding crack length for three point bend (3PB) specimen by using cohesive model that is implemented in ATENA software
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