Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks
This study presents experimental and numerical investigations on seven one-way, reinforced concrete (RC) slabs with a new technique of slab weight reduction using polystyrene-embedded arched blocks (PEABs). All slabs had the same dimensions, steel reinforcement, and concrete compressive strength. On...
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| author | Ali Hussein Ali Al-Ahmed Falah Hasan Ibrahim Abbas AbdulMajeed Allawi Ayman El-Zohairy |
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| description | This study presents experimental and numerical investigations on seven one-way, reinforced concrete (RC) slabs with a new technique of slab weight reduction using polystyrene-embedded arched blocks (PEABs). All slabs had the same dimensions, steel reinforcement, and concrete compressive strength. One of these slabs was a solid slab, which was taken as a control slab, while the other six slabs were cast with PEABs. The main variables were the ratio of the length of the PEABs to the length of the slab (l<sub>p</sub>/L) and the ratio of the height of the PEABs to the total slab depth (h<sub>P</sub>/H). The minimum decrease in the ultimate load capacity was about 6% with a minimum reduction in the slab weight of 15%. In contrast, the maximum decrease in the ultimate load capacity was about 24% with a maximum reduction in the slab weight of 40%. Moreover, the mode of failure changed from flexure to shear failure, especially for those slabs with an l<sub>P</sub>/L ratio equal to one. The geometric and material non-linearity was adopted in the proposed finite element (FE) model to simulate the slabs with PEABs using Abaqus software. Good agreement was obtained between the developed FE and experimental results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-626726eb28d647e0adca956da3f1c02e2023-11-30T20:55:00ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-03-0112333110.3390/buildings12030331Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched BlocksAli Hussein Ali Al-Ahmed0Falah Hasan Ibrahim1Abbas AbdulMajeed Allawi2Ayman El-Zohairy3Department of Civil Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 17001, IraqMinistry of Education, Baghdad 17001, IraqDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 17001, IraqDepartment of Engineering and Technology, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429, USAThis study presents experimental and numerical investigations on seven one-way, reinforced concrete (RC) slabs with a new technique of slab weight reduction using polystyrene-embedded arched blocks (PEABs). All slabs had the same dimensions, steel reinforcement, and concrete compressive strength. One of these slabs was a solid slab, which was taken as a control slab, while the other six slabs were cast with PEABs. The main variables were the ratio of the length of the PEABs to the length of the slab (l<sub>p</sub>/L) and the ratio of the height of the PEABs to the total slab depth (h<sub>P</sub>/H). The minimum decrease in the ultimate load capacity was about 6% with a minimum reduction in the slab weight of 15%. In contrast, the maximum decrease in the ultimate load capacity was about 24% with a maximum reduction in the slab weight of 40%. Moreover, the mode of failure changed from flexure to shear failure, especially for those slabs with an l<sub>P</sub>/L ratio equal to one. The geometric and material non-linearity was adopted in the proposed finite element (FE) model to simulate the slabs with PEABs using Abaqus software. Good agreement was obtained between the developed FE and experimental results.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/3/331reinforced concrete one-way slabpolystyrene-embedded arched blocksexperimentfinite elementdeflectionstrains |
| spellingShingle | Ali Hussein Ali Al-Ahmed Falah Hasan Ibrahim Abbas AbdulMajeed Allawi Ayman El-Zohairy Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks Buildings reinforced concrete one-way slab polystyrene-embedded arched blocks experiment finite element deflection strains |
| title | Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks |
| title_full | Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks |
| title_fullStr | Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks |
| title_short | Behavior of One-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Polystyrene Embedded Arched Blocks |
| title_sort | behavior of one way reinforced concrete slabs with polystyrene embedded arched blocks |
| topic | reinforced concrete one-way slab polystyrene-embedded arched blocks experiment finite element deflection strains |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/3/331 |
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