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<p>Waste Glass Powder (WGP) could be used as a cement replacement additive to manufacture concrete and solving the problem of environmental pollution. This article presents a numerical modeling of the thermo-mechanical behavior of a reinforced concrete beam based on an addition of 20% of the powder glass as a substitute for cement powder with modeling of concrete-steel contact using ANSYS software. To do this, a reinforced concrete beam based on glass powder is modeling in three dimensions by the finite element method (FEM) and it is subject to thermal loading during 2 hours in order to simulate the thermo thermo-mechanical response of the beam element. ANSYS provides a three-dimensional element (SOLID65) with the nonlinear model of brittle materials similar to the concrete materials. The element features a smeared crack analogy for cracking in tension zones and a plasticity algorithm to take into account the concrete crushing in compression zones.</p>
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Waste Glass Powder (WGP) could be used as a cement replacement additive to manufacture concrete and solving the problem of environmental pollution. This article presents a numerical modeling of the thermo-mechanical behavior of a reinforced concrete beam based on an addition of 20% of the powder glass as a substitute for cement powder with modeling of concrete-steel contact using ANSYS software. To do this, a reinforced concrete beam based on glass powder is modeling in three dimensions by the finite element method (FEM) and it is subject to thermal loading during 2 hours in order to simulate the thermo thermo-mechanical response of the beam element. ANSYS provides a three-dimensional element (SOLID65) with the nonlinear model of brittle materials similar to the concrete materials. The element features a smeared crack analogy for cracking in tension zones and a plasticity algorithm to take into account the concrete crushing in compression zones.

Coupled Thermo Mechanical of Wasteglass Powder Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Fire Loads

Laboratory of Geomaterial, Environment and Amenagement (LGEA), Faculty of Construction Engineering

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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Waste Glass Powder (WGP) could be used as a cement replacement additive to manufacture concrete and solving the problem of environmental pollution. This...

Coupled Thermo Mechanical of Wasteglass Powder Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Fire Loads

Published Online: May 20, 2024

Page range: 49 - 54

Received: Oct 11, 2023

Accepted: Dec 28, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2024-0006

Keywords
ANSYS, contact, finite element model, thermo-mechanical coupling

© 2024 Dj. Boulifa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Coupled Thermo Mechanical of Wasteglass Powder Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Fire Loads

Published Online: May 20, 2024

Page range: 49 - 54

Received: Oct 11, 2023

Accepted: Dec 28, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2024-0006

KeywordsANSYS, contact, finite element model, thermo-mechanical coupling

© 2024 Dj. Boulifa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
ANSYS, contact, finite element model, thermo-mechanical coupling