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The optimum steel fiber reinforcement for prestressed concrete containment under internal pressure

  • Zheng, Zhi (College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology) ;
  • Sun, Ye (College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology) ;
  • Pan, Xiaolan (College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology) ;
  • Su, Chunyang (College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology) ;
  • Kong, Jingchang (School of Civil Engineering, Yantai University)
  • Received : 2021.09.24
  • Accepted : 2021.12.14
  • Published : 2022.06.25
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Abstract

This paper investigates the optimum fiber reinforcement for prestressed concrete containment vessels (PCCVs) under internal pressure. To achieve this aim, steel fiber, which is the most widely used fiber type in current engineering applications, is adopted to constitute steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) to substitute the conventional concrete in the PCCV. The effects of characteristic parameters, 𝜆sf, of the steel fiber affecting significantly the mechanical behavior of the concrete are first taken into account. Partial or complete concrete regions of the PCCV are also considered to be replaced by SFRC to balance the economy and safety. By adopting the ABAQUS software, the ultimate bearing capacity and performance for the fiber-reinforced PCCV are scientifically studied and quantified, and the recommendations for the optimum way of fiber reinforcement are presented.

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Acknowledgement

This investigation is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51908397, 51808478), Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths (No. 201901D211025), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M651075, No. 2020M670695), the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Green Building Materials (Grants No. 2021GBM02). These supports are greatly appreciated.

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