Application of constitutive models in European codes to RC–FRC

TLDR: In this article, the structural behavior of RC-FRC elements with steel fibers and with plastic fibers is compared and a numerical simulation is performed to evaluate their differences in terms of the structural behaviour predicted and measured in an experimental program.

About: This article is published in Construction and Building Materials.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 80 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Constitutive equation.

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Table 3. Fiber characteristics (data provided by the manufacturer).

Table 4. Compressive strength and residual flexural tensile strengths.

Table 1. Constitutive models in European guidelines.

Fig. 7. Test setup.

Fig. 11. (a) fib Model Code 2010 and (b) assumption made for some cases.

Table 2. Characteristics of the constitutive models from guidelines.

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In this study, these models are compared and a numerical simulation is performed to evaluate their differences in terms of the structural behavior predicted and measured in an experimental program of RC-FRC elements. The predictions provided by the models fit satisfactorily the experimental results for elements with steel fibers and with plastic fibers