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Therefore, it was concluded that failure of the beam had
taken place and 119.58kN was taken as the failure load for
the model.
The first crack in the FE model was a flexural crack
(vertical) in the constant moment region of the beam,
formed at 18.8025kN. The deflections and stresses in the
beam were seen to increase with loading. Cracking also
progressed consequentially and was observed to increase in
the constant moment region before it spread out towards
the supports in the form of diagonal cracks. The beam was
seen to fail due to excessive cracking of concrete in the
tension side. Therefore, failure of the beam was attributed
to flexural failure and yielding of the steel reinforcement.
Fig. 2 Stress-Strain Relationship Of Concrete The ultimate mid-span deflection of the model was 20mm
The beam and steel plates were modelled using separate at 119.58kN. The numerical crack and stress distributions
volumes. The beam was meshed such that it consisted of at ultimate load are illustrated in Fig. 4.
square or rectangular elements of size 25mm. The
necessary mesh attributes were set before the volumes were
meshed. Fig. 3 shows the meshed beam in ANSYS.
Merging of nodes and key points were carried out to avoid
errors due to multiple nodes at the same location. The Fig. 4 Crack Distribution In The Beam At Failure
longitudinal reinforcement bars were then modelled by Using the data obtained from the numerical analysis of
creating individual link elements through the nodes of the the beam, mid-span deflection, compressive stress in
concrete volume mesh at the desired depth after setting the concrete and stress in the reinforcing steel were plotted
rebar element attributes. The supports were modelled such against the applied load and compared with theoretical
that roller and hinged supports were created at either ends computations of the same. From Fig. 5, it is seen that the
of the beam. Self–weight of the concrete beam was taken ANSYS model has captured the entire load-deflection
into account by providing the value of acceleration due to response of the beam from zero loads up to failure. The
gravity (9.81m/s2). The external loads were applied as curve exhibits three approximately straight segments
concentrated forces distributed equally among the nodes reflecting three different stages during the loading process.
forming the centre line of the two loading plates located at The initial linear portion of the curve represents the elastic
third points along the span. uncracked region where the numerical and theoretical
results are seen to compare well. The sudden change in
linearity represents commencement of cracking in the
beam. The initial cracking load, obtained as 20.65kN from
the finite element analysis and 20.16kN from the structural
analysis of the beam, also show good agreement in values.
The nonlinear region that follows represents the behaviour
of the beam in the cracked stage, where cracking
propagates throughout the constant moment region,
Fig. 3 Meshed Beam reducing the stiffness of the section. The effective concrete
For the analysis of the model, the static analysis type area thus decreases and the steel reinforcement bears the
was utilized. Prestress effects were not considered and the tensile stresses developed. This leads to a faster rate of
analysis was carried out for ‘Small Displacement Static’ increase of deflections with applied load. The theoretical
condition. The rest of the commands were set to ANSYS curve in this region is observed to deviate from the ANSYS
defaults. The beam was analysed with its self-weight and curve. The transition from the second stage to the third
the loads in one load step. The analysis was seen to stage marks the start of yielding of reinforcement.
terminate at the sub step corresponding to 119.58kN due to
non-convergence of solution.
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Classical reinforced concrete theory predicted the
yielding to commence at 115.3kN which is observed to be
consistent with the change in slope of the numerical curve
at 116.77kN. The finite element model was assumed to fail
in flexure shortly after yielding of steel due to excessive
cracking in the beam at a load of 119.58kN producing an
ultimate deflection of 20.3mm.
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The stress-strain curve for prestressing steel was
developed using the following equations (Anthony J.
Wolanski, 2004).
εps ≤ 0.008 : fps = 28000εps (ksi)
Table II
Material Properties Of Prestressed Concrete
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Table III Failure of the beam at 143.6kN produced an ultimate
Load Steps For The Analysis Of Pre-Tensioned Beam mid-span deflection of 39.63mm. The crack distribution in
Beginning Time Load Number Load the beam at failure is illustrated in Fig. 11.
Time (N) at the Step of Sub Increment
End of steps (N)
Load
Step Fig. 11 Crack Distribution In The Beam At Failure
(N)
From the numerical study carried out, the response of the
beam to loading in terms of deflection, compressive stress
0 1 1 1 Prestress in the extreme concrete fibre and steel strains was
evaluated.
1 2 2 1 Self-
weight
2 36600 3 2 18300
56000 58000 5 50 40
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The curves, beyond the stage of initial cracking, are seen VI. CONCLUSIONS
to show uneven increase in stress which reaches an ultimate In the present study, the response of reinforced and pre-
of 25.08N/mm2 for the RC beam and 40.5N/mm2 for the tensioned concrete beams to vertical loading was
pre-tensioned concrete beam. The correctness of the curves investigated using the finite element software package
cannot be assured as the beams have been modelled under a ANSYS 12.0. The load-deflection response, variations of
number of approximations. Fine tuning the model can stresses in concrete and strains in the steel reinforcements
result in better solutions. and prestressing tendons with increasing loads were
evaluated and compared to theoretical data obtained using
the theories of structural analysis. In comparison to the
theoretically predicted data, the numerical method of
analysis using ANSYS was seen to satisfactorily predict the
behavioural responses of the beams up to failure. However,
a discrepancy was observed in the initial value of effective
prestrain in the tendons predicted by the numerical
analysis, the reason for which is unclear. The variation of
compressive stress in concrete beyond the stage of initial
cracking could not be estimated using the theories of
structural analysis owing to the absence of formulations
that took into account the decreasing effectiveness of the
section in the cracked stage. On comparing the behaviour
of the RC beam with that of the prestressed concrete beam,
the advantage of prestressing was verified as the
Fig. 16 Load Vs. Compressive Stress In Concrete
prestressed concrete beam was seen to show a higher
Fig. 17 depicts the variation in steel strain in the bonded service load range and higher ultimate load capacity.
reinforcement with the applied load. The prestressing
tendons show an initial effective stain of 0.00335. From the Acknowledgement
figure, the curves for both the beam types are observed to The paper is published with the permission of the
have similar bilinear profiles. The curves show a small rate Director, CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India. The help rendered
of strain increase in the uncracked, elastic region. The rate by Shri. K. Saravana Kumar, Scientist is acknowledged.
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