Static and cyclic behavior of concrete reinforced with materials composite

Abstract

This work includes the test results of static and cyclic compression specimens of plain concrete and reinforced by several folds of woven fiberglass. The static compression tests were performed at a constant speed with gradual increase of the load. The results are expressed by curves representing the change of stress as a function of the strain to failure. The results give us three phases of behavior: a phase behavior similar to that of a homogeneous and elastic material resulting in an almost linear relationship between stress and strain. The second phase of development of shattered concrete that leads to progressive curvature of the curve until the maximum stress (σmax) for a certain amount of strain (ε), and third in imposing increases distortion, we can get a decreasing curve corresponding to the accentuation of the rupture, that is to say in the development of fracture surfaces and cracking more or less widespread. The cyclic compression tests were conducted under load imposed on a percentage of the maximum load in static fracture, with a change in the number of cycles for each set of specimens. The results of cyclic compression tests show that the loss of stiffness to failure of the specimen is divided into three phases: in the first phase shows a gradual reduction of stiffness in the early rounds in the second phase decreased rigidity becomes slow, and finally in the third phase, the loss of stiffness abruptly accelerates to failure of the specimen