Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine

Abstract The Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete is a material with remarkable mechanical properties and durability when compared to conventional and high performance concrete, which allows its use even without the reinforcement. This paper proposes the design of prestressed towers for...

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Main Authors: P. V. C. N. GAMA, T. N. BITTENCOURT
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)
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description Abstract The Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete is a material with remarkable mechanical properties and durability when compared to conventional and high performance concrete, which allows its use even without the reinforcement. This paper proposes the design of prestressed towers for a 5 MW turbine, through regulatory provisions and the limit states method, with UHPFRC and the concrete class C50, comparing the differences obtained in the design by parametric analysis, giving the advantages and disadvantages of using this new type of concrete. Important considerations, simplifications and notes are made to the calculation process, as well as in obtaining the prestressing and passive longitudinal and passive transverse reinforcement, highlighting the shear strength of annular sections comparing a model proposed here with recent experimental results present in the literature, which was obtained good agreement. In the end, it is estimated a first value within the constraints here made to ensure the economic viability of the use of UHPFRC in a 100 m prestressed wind tower with a 5 MW turbine.
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spelling doaj.art-0813b3dd527a4645a84a4ee3cd68d4022022-12-21T17:58:31ZengInstituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais1983-419510111410.1590/s1983-41952017000100002S1983-41952017000100002Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbineP. V. C. N. GAMAT. N. BITTENCOURTAbstract The Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete is a material with remarkable mechanical properties and durability when compared to conventional and high performance concrete, which allows its use even without the reinforcement. This paper proposes the design of prestressed towers for a 5 MW turbine, through regulatory provisions and the limit states method, with UHPFRC and the concrete class C50, comparing the differences obtained in the design by parametric analysis, giving the advantages and disadvantages of using this new type of concrete. Important considerations, simplifications and notes are made to the calculation process, as well as in obtaining the prestressing and passive longitudinal and passive transverse reinforcement, highlighting the shear strength of annular sections comparing a model proposed here with recent experimental results present in the literature, which was obtained good agreement. In the end, it is estimated a first value within the constraints here made to ensure the economic viability of the use of UHPFRC in a 100 m prestressed wind tower with a 5 MW turbine.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952017000100002&lng=en&tlng=enConcreto de ultra-alto desempenho reforçado com fibrasCUADRFtorres eólicas protendidasresistência ao esforço cortantedimensionamento
spellingShingle P. V. C. N. GAMA
T. N. BITTENCOURT
Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
Concreto de ultra-alto desempenho reforçado com fibras
CUADRF
torres eólicas protendidas
resistência ao esforço cortante
dimensionamento
title Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
title_full Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
title_fullStr Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
title_full_unstemmed Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
title_short Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine
title_sort economic viability of ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 mw turbine
topic Concreto de ultra-alto desempenho reforçado com fibras
CUADRF
torres eólicas protendidas
resistência ao esforço cortante
dimensionamento
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952017000100002&lng=en&tlng=en
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