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| Author(s): |
José Julio de Cerqueira Pituba
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 1998-04-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Sérgio Persival Baroncini Proença;
Túlio Nogueira Bittencourt;
Wilson Sergio Venturini
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| Advisor: | Sérgio Persival Baroncini Proença |
| Abstract | |
In this work some aspects related to the theoretical formulation and numerical simulation of constitutive models for the concrete based on the Continuum Damage Mechanics are studied, including simplified methods of structural analysis. Initially a discussion about permanent strains and anisotropy induced by the evolution of the damage is presented. The unilateral response of the concrete submitted to loadings with signal inversion is commented as well. Each one of the phenomena is illustrated by experimental tests. The damage model proposed by Mazars for the concrete under proportional increasing load is then analysed. Afterwards, it is shown an extension of the model considering the unilateral aspect ofthe concrete behaviour. In the sequence the constitutive model proposed by La Borderie is presented in its aspects of formulation and numerical response. This model is more complete, allowing to take in to account all the phenomena discussed previously. Another aspect considered in the work is related to the application of the models studied to the analysis of framed structures. Regarding the discretization, the technique of division of the structural elements in layers and the so called simplified models are enhanced. In this last case, the model proposed by Flórez-López is analysed and the simplification consists on previous definition of yielding and damage zones over the assembly of beam and colunm elements, which compose the discretized structure; in the limit evolution of the loading process, these zones become hinges. Finally, a generalization of the previous model proposed by Álvares is studied. The numerical results supplied by the models are compared with the experimental results of reinforced concrete beams (simply supported and with different reinforced rates) and of a reinforced concrete frame. (AU) | |