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Análise experimental da influência da adição de fibras e da variação da armadura de costura em consolos curtos de concreto armado
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2022-06-23) BRANDÃO, Jaciara Santos; LIMA NETO, Aarão Ferreira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0287664572311345; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-1368
Reinforced concrete corbels are usually characterized by being support elements whose design can be made from the Strut-and-Tie Method (STM) which is based on fundamental assumptions that consider that the tensile stresses are absorbed by the rods (structural steel) and the compressive forces are absorbed by the struts that are formed inside the concrete section, as it is understood that these elements have regions of discontinuity (D) or disturbances in the stress distribution. This method can be applied in the case of short corbels as they also present regions (D), given that their stress flow occurs in a non-linear manner. In this way, this experimental study analyzed the influence of the addition of synthetic fibers (polyethylene and polypropylene) and steel in the composition of the concrete, as well as, to verify the influence of the variation of the seam reinforcement rate in order to validate the MTB as a solution safe and efficient for the design of elements that present discontinuities (D) or disturbances. In the tests, the breaking load, the opening of cracks and the deformations in the tie rods, seam reinforcement and in the concrete, internally and externally, were observed. The results showed that the specimens containing synthetic fibers showed the highest strengths compared to the steel fiber specimen, being on average 10.82% more resistant than the reference specimens, despite not containing the highest fiber contents. In general, the elements showed similar ductile behavior and failure mode, so the cracks occurred in a controlled manner and there was no sudden rupture. As for the deformations in steel and concrete, the results showed a similar behavior among the specimens.
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Análise experimental de consolos curtos de concreto com armaduras continuas e descontinuas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-09-30) ABRANTES, Jedson Henryque Corrêa; TEIXEIRA, Marcelo Rassy; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8912916360456192
Short consoles, as well as some reinforced concrete elements, have discontinuity regions (D regions), where Bernoulli's hypotheses should not be taken into account, since stress flows do not distribute linearly along the cross section. In order to correct the disturbances caused by this flow in specific areas, it is necessary to look for alternatives of calculation through equations idealized by empirical perceptions of researchers, or by means of the Strut-and-Tie Method. In this context and after theoretical and experimental observations of consoles, it was concluded that it is formed in this structure a bottle-shaped strut, and although there is a considerable database in this regard, there is no consensus in the literature and among current codes that relate between continuous reinforcement rates, failure mode and strut efficiency factors . Thus, an experimental study was carried out to evaluate the contribution of three types of fibers (discontinuous reinforcement), polypropylene, polyethylene and steel, which were added to the concrete in three different contents for each one. The results showed that in general there were similar behaviors for the concrete readings, and the opposite when analyzing the continuous reinforcement that suffered tensile stresses (Tie). For the elements with metallic fibers the resistance gain in relation to the reference specimens was noticed for the part that received higher fiber content. For synthetic fibers, polypropylene fiber had better gain in the specimen with second best fiber volume, and for polyethylene was registered for the lowest percentage. These consoles also presented better ductile behavior among all the test elements that did not receive horizontal stirrups. Regarding the results compared to the specimen with continuous reinforcement only the one with polyethylene fiber achieved superior result. Regarding the strut efficiency factors, the method presented results against and in favor of safety, while with respect to the shear strength the codes estimates had very favorable results. Therefore, MBT is a very suitable method for design that presents efficiency and safety through structures that present stress and deformation disturbances.