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Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members
Reinforcement corrosion in concrete structures with excessive crack width poses a high risk of reducing the structure's service life. The crack width behavior is one of the most complex aspects of the mechanics of reinforced concrete (RC). With most of the models used in practice being semi–emp...
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author | Sakalauskas, Karolis Kaklauskas, Gintaris |
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description | Reinforcement corrosion in concrete structures with excessive crack width poses a high risk of reducing the structure's service life. The crack width behavior is one of the most complex aspects of the mechanics of reinforced concrete (RC). With most of the models used in practice being semi–empirical or empirical, very few analytical approaches have been proposed. However, the analytical models lack either accuracy or simplicity, or both. This paper presents a new analytical model, termed the Pure Shear Model, that predicts mean crack width by a simple formula. It is based on the partial interaction tension stiffening model considering a short RC tie subjected to short–term loading. The model assumes elastic material properties and neglects shrinkage, internal cracking, and slip at the interface. It presumes that the only deformations that occur in concrete are the shear strains due to shear lag that are taken constant across the cover thickness. Deplanation of concrete section due to shear lag results in crack width linearly increasing from zero at the bar to its maximum value on the surface of the RC member. Despite the simplicity of the proposed model, its accuracy in predicting mean crack width was shown to be comparable to that of the design code methods. |
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spelling | pubmed-104499312023-08-26 Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members Sakalauskas, Karolis Kaklauskas, Gintaris Sci Rep Article Reinforcement corrosion in concrete structures with excessive crack width poses a high risk of reducing the structure's service life. The crack width behavior is one of the most complex aspects of the mechanics of reinforced concrete (RC). With most of the models used in practice being semi–empirical or empirical, very few analytical approaches have been proposed. However, the analytical models lack either accuracy or simplicity, or both. This paper presents a new analytical model, termed the Pure Shear Model, that predicts mean crack width by a simple formula. It is based on the partial interaction tension stiffening model considering a short RC tie subjected to short–term loading. The model assumes elastic material properties and neglects shrinkage, internal cracking, and slip at the interface. It presumes that the only deformations that occur in concrete are the shear strains due to shear lag that are taken constant across the cover thickness. Deplanation of concrete section due to shear lag results in crack width linearly increasing from zero at the bar to its maximum value on the surface of the RC member. Despite the simplicity of the proposed model, its accuracy in predicting mean crack width was shown to be comparable to that of the design code methods. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10449931/ /pubmed/37620524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41080-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Sakalauskas, Karolis Kaklauskas, Gintaris Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title | Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title_full | Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title_fullStr | Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title_full_unstemmed | Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title_short | Pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
title_sort | pure shear model for crack width analysis of reinforced concrete members |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37620524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41080-x |
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