The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque

In modern buildings, transverse openings are often used in order to pass the pipes of health services, electrical cables or air conditioning ducts and other prepuce. The presence of these openings leads to a weakening of the beam so it must work to investigate the behavior of these beams in order...

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Main Authors: Mazin B. Abdulrahman, Layth A. Al-Jaberi, Saba S. Hasan
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Language:English
Published: Tikrit University 2020-08-01
Series:Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
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Layth A. Al-Jaberi
Saba S. Hasan
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description In modern buildings, transverse openings are often used in order to pass the pipes of health services, electrical cables or air conditioning ducts and other prepuce. The presence of these openings leads to a weakening of the beam so it must work to investigate the behavior of these beams in order to know how the presence of openings affects beam resistance. In this research, the behavior of reinforced concrete T-beams with circular openings exposed to pure torsional moment is studied. The experimental program involves testing of five beams with same dimensions and reinforcements. One of them is solid beam and used as reference for comparison with other beams with an opening and the other four T- beams containing circular openings of deferent dimension(100 and 150) and location(Lc/2 and Lc/3). Practical results show that the Tbeam with circular openings of diameter (100mm) with different locations (Lc/2 and Lc/3), where Lc is the clear span of the beam, have an ultimate torsional capacity lower than that for solid beam by about (23% and 30%) respectively. The increase of the openings size causes a significant decrease in torsional capacity, where the beams with circular openings of diameter (150mm) with different locations (Lc/2 and Lc/3) have an ultimate torsional capacity lower than that for solid beam by about (56 % and 61%) respectively. Practical results show also that the presence of circular openings with diameter of 47% and 71% from the total depth increases the angle of twist significantly as compared with reference beam for the same applied torque level. @2020 TJES, College of Engineeri
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spelling doaj.art-c947f6c3beb94826b3777da1dc65cb962023-08-02T06:51:47ZengTikrit UniversityTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences1813-162X2020-08-01272465310.25130/tjes.27.2.06The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure TorqueMazin B. Abdulrahman0Layth A. Al-Jaberi1Saba S. Hasan2Civil Department / Engineering College /Tikrit University/ Tikrit, IraqCivil Department / Engineering College /Al-Mustansiriya University/ Baghdad, IraqCivil Department / Engineering College /Tikrit University/ Tikrit, IraqIn modern buildings, transverse openings are often used in order to pass the pipes of health services, electrical cables or air conditioning ducts and other prepuce. The presence of these openings leads to a weakening of the beam so it must work to investigate the behavior of these beams in order to know how the presence of openings affects beam resistance. In this research, the behavior of reinforced concrete T-beams with circular openings exposed to pure torsional moment is studied. The experimental program involves testing of five beams with same dimensions and reinforcements. One of them is solid beam and used as reference for comparison with other beams with an opening and the other four T- beams containing circular openings of deferent dimension(100 and 150) and location(Lc/2 and Lc/3). Practical results show that the Tbeam with circular openings of diameter (100mm) with different locations (Lc/2 and Lc/3), where Lc is the clear span of the beam, have an ultimate torsional capacity lower than that for solid beam by about (23% and 30%) respectively. The increase of the openings size causes a significant decrease in torsional capacity, where the beams with circular openings of diameter (150mm) with different locations (Lc/2 and Lc/3) have an ultimate torsional capacity lower than that for solid beam by about (56 % and 61%) respectively. Practical results show also that the presence of circular openings with diameter of 47% and 71% from the total depth increases the angle of twist significantly as compared with reference beam for the same applied torque level. @2020 TJES, College of Engineerihttp://www.tj-es.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/vol27/no2/vol27no2p6.pdfcircular openingopening sizeopening locationt-beamstorque
spellingShingle Mazin B. Abdulrahman
Layth A. Al-Jaberi
Saba S. Hasan
The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
circular opening
opening size
opening location
t-beams
torque
title The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
title_full The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
title_fullStr The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
title_short The Effect of Opening Size and Location on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams under Pure Torque
title_sort effect of opening size and location on the performance of reinforced concrete t beams under pure torque
topic circular opening
opening size
opening location
t-beams
torque
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