Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression

In order to verify the rationality and feasibility of a demountable and replaceable fabricated RC beam with bolted connection under mid-span compression, one cast-in-place RC beam and four fabricated RC beams were designed and fabricated. Through the mid-span static loading test and analysis of five...

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Main Authors: Dongping Wu, Yan Liang, Huachen Liu, Sheng Peng
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description In order to verify the rationality and feasibility of a demountable and replaceable fabricated RC beam with bolted connection under mid-span compression, one cast-in-place RC beam and four fabricated RC beams were designed and fabricated. Through the mid-span static loading test and analysis of five full-scale RC beams, the effects of high-strength bolt specifications and stiffeners were compared, and the behavior of the fabricated RC beams with bolted connections was analyzed. The test process was observed and the test results were analyzed. The failure mode, cracking load, yield load, ultimate load, stiffness change, deflection measured value, ductility, and other indicators of the specimens were compared and analyzed. It was shown that the failure mode of the fabricated RC beam was reinforcement failure, which met the three stress stages of the normal section bending of the reinforcement beam. The failure position occurred at 10~15 cm of the concrete outside the bolt connection, and the beam support and the core area of the bolt connection were not damaged. The fabricated RC beam has good mechanical performance and high bearing capacity. In addition, comparing the test value with the simulation value, it is found that they are in good agreement, indicating that ABAQUS software of 2024 can be well used for the simulation analysis of the behavior of fabricated RC beam structure.
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spelling doaj-art-df3c3600f00e4b73b954c5725c2706a02025-08-20T04:00:50ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-07-011515258910.3390/buildings15152589Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span CompressionDongping Wu0Yan Liang1Huachen Liu2Sheng Peng3Institute of High Performance Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaInstitute of High Performance Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaInstitute of High Performance Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaInstitute of High Performance Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaIn order to verify the rationality and feasibility of a demountable and replaceable fabricated RC beam with bolted connection under mid-span compression, one cast-in-place RC beam and four fabricated RC beams were designed and fabricated. Through the mid-span static loading test and analysis of five full-scale RC beams, the effects of high-strength bolt specifications and stiffeners were compared, and the behavior of the fabricated RC beams with bolted connections was analyzed. The test process was observed and the test results were analyzed. The failure mode, cracking load, yield load, ultimate load, stiffness change, deflection measured value, ductility, and other indicators of the specimens were compared and analyzed. It was shown that the failure mode of the fabricated RC beam was reinforcement failure, which met the three stress stages of the normal section bending of the reinforcement beam. The failure position occurred at 10~15 cm of the concrete outside the bolt connection, and the beam support and the core area of the bolt connection were not damaged. The fabricated RC beam has good mechanical performance and high bearing capacity. In addition, comparing the test value with the simulation value, it is found that they are in good agreement, indicating that ABAQUS software of 2024 can be well used for the simulation analysis of the behavior of fabricated RC beam structure.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/15/2589fabricated RC beambolted connectionmid-span compressionhigh-strength boltABAQUS software
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Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
Buildings
fabricated RC beam
bolted connection
mid-span compression
high-strength bolt
ABAQUS software
title Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
title_full Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
title_fullStr Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
title_full_unstemmed Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
title_short Behavior of Demountable and Replaceable Fabricated RC Beam with Bolted Connection Under Mid-Span Compression
title_sort behavior of demountable and replaceable fabricated rc beam with bolted connection under mid span compression
topic fabricated RC beam
bolted connection
mid-span compression
high-strength bolt
ABAQUS software
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/15/2589
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