The evaluation of strength reduction of r.c. structures subjected to mechanical damage process and chemical attack is carried out, both with regard to concrete deterioration and steel corrosion. A coupled environmental- mechanical damage model, developed as an extension of that previously published is presented. Two independent scalar mechanical damage parameters are introduced, each of them representing the degradation mechanisms occurring under tensile and compressive stress condition. The stiffness recovery upon loading reversal, which is manifest when passing from tension into compression, is fully captured by the proposed model. The environmental damage is strongly related to the diffusion process, as well as to the evolution of the chemical reaction between pollutant and cementitious constituents. An enhanced local method is proposed to regularize the problem of non objectivity of the finite element solution due to the strong strain softening behavior of concrete material. The splitting test of a concrete specimen and a static analysis of a r.c. frame subjected to mechanical load and chemical attack are carried out and the damage evolution is analyzed in detail.

Coupled Environmental-Mechanical Damage Model of RC Structures

SCOTTA, ROBERTO;VITALIANI, RENATO
1999

Abstract

The evaluation of strength reduction of r.c. structures subjected to mechanical damage process and chemical attack is carried out, both with regard to concrete deterioration and steel corrosion. A coupled environmental- mechanical damage model, developed as an extension of that previously published is presented. Two independent scalar mechanical damage parameters are introduced, each of them representing the degradation mechanisms occurring under tensile and compressive stress condition. The stiffness recovery upon loading reversal, which is manifest when passing from tension into compression, is fully captured by the proposed model. The environmental damage is strongly related to the diffusion process, as well as to the evolution of the chemical reaction between pollutant and cementitious constituents. An enhanced local method is proposed to regularize the problem of non objectivity of the finite element solution due to the strong strain softening behavior of concrete material. The splitting test of a concrete specimen and a static analysis of a r.c. frame subjected to mechanical load and chemical attack are carried out and the damage evolution is analyzed in detail.
1999
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