Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the constitutive relationship of stainless steel reinforcement and proposes new material models for both austenitic and duplex stainless steel bars. These are an advancement on existing models which have largely been developed for structural stainless...

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Main Authors: Musab Rabi, Rabee Shamass, K.A. Cashell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-07-01
Series:Case Studies in Construction Materials
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509524001645
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description This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the constitutive relationship of stainless steel reinforcement and proposes new material models for both austenitic and duplex stainless steel bars. These are an advancement on existing models which have largely been developed for structural stainless steel plate, rather than for reinforcement bars. Current design guidance for material modelling of reinforcing bars does not include representative stress-strain relationships which capture the unique mechanical properties of stainless steel reinforcement. Codes include idealised elastic-plastic material models which are inappropriate and inefficient for the highly nonlinear and ductile material response of stainless steel. The present study aims to address this issue by first conducting a series of tensile tests to ascertain the stress-strain material responses and then employing this data to examine the validity of existing approaches and propose new material models where required. It is shown that new material models are required and those that are developed are able to accurately capture the stress-strain response of stainless steel reinforcement, and provide a better, more accurate, representation than existing methods.
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spelling doaj.art-d5b7a02861044524a98d6e05e47ad18f2024-03-02T04:54:07ZengElsevierCase Studies in Construction Materials2214-50952024-07-0120e03013Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcementMusab Rabi0Rabee Shamass1K.A. Cashell2Dept of Civil Engineering, Jerash University, JordanDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Brunel University London, London, UKDepartment of Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, UK; Corresponding author.This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the constitutive relationship of stainless steel reinforcement and proposes new material models for both austenitic and duplex stainless steel bars. These are an advancement on existing models which have largely been developed for structural stainless steel plate, rather than for reinforcement bars. Current design guidance for material modelling of reinforcing bars does not include representative stress-strain relationships which capture the unique mechanical properties of stainless steel reinforcement. Codes include idealised elastic-plastic material models which are inappropriate and inefficient for the highly nonlinear and ductile material response of stainless steel. The present study aims to address this issue by first conducting a series of tensile tests to ascertain the stress-strain material responses and then employing this data to examine the validity of existing approaches and propose new material models where required. It is shown that new material models are required and those that are developed are able to accurately capture the stress-strain response of stainless steel reinforcement, and provide a better, more accurate, representation than existing methods.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509524001645Stainless steel reinforcementStress-strain material modelTensile testsEurocode 2Eurocode 3
spellingShingle Musab Rabi
Rabee Shamass
K.A. Cashell
Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
Case Studies in Construction Materials
Stainless steel reinforcement
Stress-strain material model
Tensile tests
Eurocode 2
Eurocode 3
title Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
title_full Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
title_fullStr Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
title_full_unstemmed Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
title_short Description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
title_sort description of the constitutive behaviour of stainless steel reinforcement
topic Stainless steel reinforcement
Stress-strain material model
Tensile tests
Eurocode 2
Eurocode 3
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509524001645
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