Experimental and numerical study of hooked-end steel fiber-reinforced concrete based on the meso-and macro-models

Y Huang, J Huang, W Zhang, X Liu - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, several three-point-bending (TPB) experiments were conducted to investigate
the influence of fiber content on the fracture behavior of hooked-end steel fiber-reinforced …

Mixed-mode debonding in CFRP-to-steel fiber–reinforced concrete joints

W Zhang, S Kang, B Lin, Y Huang - Journal of Composites for …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The external bonding of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets is a widely used method for
strengthening and rehabilitating existing concrete structures. The premature failure of these …

3D cohesive fracture of heterogeneous CA-UHPC: a mesoscale investigation

H Zhang, Y Huang, S Xu, X Hu, Z Zheng - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultra high performance concrete with coarse aggregates (CA-UHPC) exhibits complicated
damage and failure mechanisms due to intricate interactions of irregular mesoscale phases …

Flexural behavior and design of ultrahigh-performance concrete beams

RG El-Helou, BA Graybeal - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Beams made of ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC), a fiber-reinforced concrete with
high compressive strength and tensile strain-hardening characteristics, exhibit flexural …

Effects of fibre orientation on tensile properties of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete based on meso-scale Monte Carlo simulations

H Zhang, Y Huang, M Lin, Z Yang - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The damage and fracture of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is
inherently dependent on fibre orientation and distribution. The effects of fibre orientation on …

A discrete-continuum coupled finite element modelling approach for fibre reinforced concrete

H Zhang, YJ Huang, ZJ Yang, SL Xu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) exhibits complicated failure modes such as fibre breakage,
mortar cracking, crushing and spalling, fibre-mortar interfacial debonding, depending on …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling of steel fiber reinforced concrete with a discrete and explicit representation of steel fibers

LAG Bitencourt Jr, OL Manzoli, TN Bittencourt… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel numerical model based on the use of coupling finite elements to
simulate the behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) with a discrete and explicit …

Fracture and multiple-cracking modelling of strain-hardening cementitious composites

Q Wang, Q Li, X Yin, S Xu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Strain-hardening cementitious composites (SHCC), composed of short fibres embedded
within brittle matrix, exhibit distinctive pre-peak strain-hardening characteristics and …

3D meso-scale investigation of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) using cohesive crack model and Weibull random field

H Zhang, Y Huang, Z Yang, F Guo, L Shen - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is composed of fibres, mortar,
fibre-mortar interfaces, and pores randomly distributed in space, and thus has …

Meso-scale modelling of steel fibre reinforced concrete with high strength

X Liang, C Wu - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on Delaunay triangulation, a 3D meso-scale model is successfully developed and
verified. This approach modelling fibre and concrete separately and linking them with slide …