Flexural Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams: Probabilistic Numerical Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis

Applied Sciences

Nikola Blagojević¹  Danijel Kukaras²  Predrag Blagojević³ 

[1] Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;Faculty of Civil Engineering Subotica, University of Novi Sad, 24000 Subotica, Serbia;Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia;

关键词: steel fibers;    concrete;    fiber finite element;    sensitivity analysis;    Sobol’ indices;    beam;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app11209591

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

One of the principle issues concerning the practical application of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) is the uncertainty related to its structural behavior, primarily caused by the partially random distribution and orientation of steel fibers in SFRC structural elements. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of how the variance of material properties of the SFRC affects the flexural behavior of SFRC beams. First, a distributed plasticity fiber finite element model of beam flexural behavior is proposed and validated. Then, probability distributions of selected material properties are defined based on existing probabilistic models and experimental results from the literature. Finally, a variance-based sensitivity analysis is performed using Sobol’ indices to identify uncertainties in material properties that contribute most to the uncertainties related to three characteristic points of a beam’s flexural behavior: first crack, yield, and collapse point. Sensitivity analysis is performed by surrogating the numerical model using polynomial chaos expansion. The variance in residual tensile strength is identified as the main contributor to the variance in the flexural behavior of an SFRC beam used in the case study.

【 授权许可】

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