ANN-Based Fatigue Strength of Concrete under Compression

When concrete is subjected to cycles of compression, its strength is lower than the statically determined concrete compressive strength. This reduction is typically expressed as a function of the number of cycles. In this work, we study the reduced capacity as a function of a given number of cycles by means of artificial neural networks. We used...

Shear performance assessment of sand-coated GFRP perforated connectors embedded in concrete

In order to evaluate the shear performance of sand-coated glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) perforated connectors (SCGPC) embedded in concrete, 8 pull-out tests were conducted. Finite element (FE) analysis considering GFRP failure and cohesion between GFRP and concrete of SCGPC were conducted for parametric analysis. Effects of surface...

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF IMPACT TESTS ON STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS. COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS