[PDF][PDF] Impact of drying on concrete and concrete structures

I Maruyama - RILEM Technical Letters, 2022 - researchgate.net
This study reviews research showing changes in the performance of reinforced concrete
structures and members caused by drying conditions and aims to contribute to evaluating …

Experimental study of the influence of inclined pre-cracks on shear behavior of RC beams without transverse reinforcement

J Yang, J Shu, J Li, K Yu, K Zandi, Y Bai - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Extended growth of existing cracks in reinforced concrete (RC) structures may negatively
impact structural performance and cause great risks to structural safety. However, the …

Influence of the distribution of expansive sites in aggregates on microscopic damage caused by alkali-silica reaction: Insights into the mechanical origin of expansion

T Miura, S Multon, Y Kawabata - Cement and Concrete Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The origin of damage in concrete due to the alkali-silica reaction (ASR) is attributed to the
expansion site in the aggregate. To investigate the cracking process of the aggregate during …

Mesoscopic evaluation of the bond behavior of concrete with deformed rebar subjected to passive confinement employing 3D discrete model

MS Karam, H Nakamura, Y Yamamoto, M Tahir… - Engineering Fracture …, 2024 - Elsevier
The bond between concrete and steel is one of the most critical properties of reinforced
concrete and affects the overall structural performance. The current research realistically …

Experimental study on the effect of different shear reinforcement shapes and arrangement on 3D crack propagation and shear failure mechanism in RC beams

M Abdullah, H Nakamura, K Kawamura, M Takemura… - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface crack patterns have been considered to determine the shear failure behavior of RC
beams but the effect of three-dimensional crack propagation on shear crack development …

Expansive spalling mechanism of concrete due to high temperature based on developed hygro-thermal-mechanical model by 3D-RBSM-TNM

T Miura, H Nakamura, Y Yamamoto - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Explosive spalling of concrete has been explained based on thermal stress and vapor
pressure, and the mechanism of explosive spalling has been still discussed. In this study …

Proposal of bond behavior simulation model by using discretized voronoi mesh for concrete and beam element for reinforcement

U Farooq, H Nakamura, T Miura… - Cement and Concrete …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposed an analytical method based on the Three Dimensional Rigid Body
Spring Model (3D-RBSM) to realistically simulate bond behavior of deformed rebar in …

Impact of cyclic loading and corrosion on the bond performance of steel–polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforced concrete

Q Zhang, ZH Lu, JT Li, YG Zhao - Materials and Structures, 2024 - Springer
Steel–polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (SPHFRC) is a class type of concrete
material that shows superior performance and is noticing increasing engineering …

Analytical study on the effect of different shear reinforcement shapes on shear failure behavior and shear resistance mechanism of RC beams

K Kawamura, H Nakamura, M Takemura… - Journal of Advanced …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The authors have reported from experimental investigation that the use of closed stirrups, U-
shaped stirrups and rod-shaped reinforcements as shear reinforcements in reinforced …

Bond behavior evaluation of deformed rebar dependent on lateral pressure confinement including various structural parameters

U Farooq, H Nakamura, T Miura - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2021 - Elsevier
An analytical method based on Three-Dimensional Rigid Body Spring Model (3D RBSM)
was proposed to evaluate the bond behavior of deformed rebar in RC structures dependent …