The article discusses the assessment of the state of reinforced concrete beams using the digital image correlation method and submicron indicators. Bending elements are the most widely used in reinforced concrete structures, so the ability to accurately evaluate and use new methods that simplify the labor intensity of the process and increase the accuracy of measuring deformations and load-bearing capacity is extremely important.
Buildings often require inspection or reconstruction of reinforced concrete elements due to new regulations, technical equipment and changes in operating conditions. During reconstruction, there is a need for through openings to lay utilities and install modern engineering systems. Studies show that such openings generally reduce the strength of reinforced concrete elements.
This article divulges the outcomes of theoretical investigations into non-uniformly damaged reinforced concrete beams, employing the LIRA-FEM software suite. The manifestation of defects and damages poses operational risks for buildings and structures. The objective of this study is to scrutinize the consequences of irregular damage occurrence in reinforced concrete beams, holding significant practical relevance for the determination of the stress-strain condition in reinforced concrete elements.
In accordance with current conditions, it is necessary to change the aim of buildings and structures in which a large number of reinforced concrete elements that undergo complex stress-deformed states are used. The task for researchers is to determine the residual bearing capacity of the element with uneven damage, making it possible to choose the most optimal calculation option and select materials for optimization, preservation of strength, and durability.
Due to economic trends in the building industry, the investigation of the residual bearing capacity of reinforced concrete elements has been receiving more and more attention in recent years. Studying the effect of damage on the bearing capacity of reinforced concrete elements is one of the main themes of investigation in this field. Results of 4 reinforced concrete beams’ testing are proposed, one of which was the control one (tested without damages) and three- typically damaged in the compressed zone at different load levels.
Traditional building materials are regularly improved, finding new operational characteristics and complementing the quality of technical parameters. For a long time and now as reinforcement of reinforced concrete elements is steel. Corrosion of steel and conductiveness, prompted researchers to improve the quality of reinforcement, as a result of which non-metallic composite reinforcement was created. Composite materials are a group of reinforcing bars that differ in the type of feedstock, consisting of two or more components.
In nowadays economic trends, there is a need in changes in the usage of buildings and structures. This usually leads to the changes loading and character of the loadings type on the building structures, with the subsequent need to assess the technical condition and the replacement or enhancement of certain elements. Also, objects, which need the reconstruction in order to be reequipped or changed it functionality, that have designs which were used under the influence of an aggressive environment or other factors which were not taken into account.
Every construction is influenced by different factors during operation. As a result, there are various defects and damage of these elements, which affects their operating condition. One of such defects is the corrosion of the working rebar. Investigation of samples with corrosion is a complicated and labor-intensive process. Instead of corrosive effects, we perform controlled valves of damaged. In this way, we obtained experimental samples with a fixed value of reducing the diameter of the valve.
Today there are many scientific and technical knowledge that make construction a reliable, fast and economical. To provides a safe and durable (the fundamental components of reliability) of builnings and structures are developed the methods of reliability theory. Improving the methods of calculation is enables researchers and designers to create effective structures with a preset (expedient) level of reliability, which directly affects to an amount of required materials and, appropriately, a cost of future building objects in general.
In the article the calculation of the bearing capacity of the inclined cross-sections of the reinforced concrete elements using an external composite reinforcement designing by deformation model DBN V.2.6.-98: 2009 and engineering methodology presented in SNIP 2.03.01-84 are described.