Experimental Investigation of Damage Evolution Characteristics of C50 Concrete under Impact Load

Impact loads widely exist in practical engineering and often cause cumulative damage and cracks or even fracture failure of concrete structures with their repeated long-term action. This experimental research is conducted on the damage evolution characteristics of concrete under impact loads by rega...

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Main Authors: Mingfeng Lei, Linghui Liu, Yuexiang Lin, Jianjun Ma, Chenghua Shi, Weichao Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2749540
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author Mingfeng Lei
Linghui Liu
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Jianjun Ma
Chenghua Shi
Weichao Yang
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description Impact loads widely exist in practical engineering and often cause cumulative damage and cracks or even fracture failure of concrete structures with their repeated long-term action. This experimental research is conducted on the damage evolution characteristics of concrete under impact loads by regarding C50 nonreinforced concrete as the research object and using a self-developed drop-weight device with electromechanical impedance measurement technology. Results show the following. (1) Under low-energy impact, concrete damage has long continuous development process and remarkable cumulative effects. An apparently sudden break characteristic appears before failure. Under high-energy impact, concrete damage accumulates rapidly, and piezoceramic patch signals grow linearly. (2) The root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the concrete increases exponentially with impact times. Particularly, when the RMSD exceeds 0.075, the concrete damage process enters the rapid development stage and approaches the critical failure state. (3) Under the experimental conditions in this study, the relationship between the ultimate impact times (damage life) and impact heights of the concrete samples shows the development trend of the power function. The above results can provide reference for the research on service life prediction methods of concrete structures under impact loads.
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spelling doaj-art-34f3775012754fb0a26605e77bbe5da72025-08-20T02:24:05ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032020-01-01202010.1155/2020/27495402749540Experimental Investigation of Damage Evolution Characteristics of C50 Concrete under Impact LoadMingfeng Lei0Linghui Liu1Yuexiang Lin2Jianjun Ma3Chenghua Shi4Weichao Yang5School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaSchool of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, ChinaImpact loads widely exist in practical engineering and often cause cumulative damage and cracks or even fracture failure of concrete structures with their repeated long-term action. This experimental research is conducted on the damage evolution characteristics of concrete under impact loads by regarding C50 nonreinforced concrete as the research object and using a self-developed drop-weight device with electromechanical impedance measurement technology. Results show the following. (1) Under low-energy impact, concrete damage has long continuous development process and remarkable cumulative effects. An apparently sudden break characteristic appears before failure. Under high-energy impact, concrete damage accumulates rapidly, and piezoceramic patch signals grow linearly. (2) The root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the concrete increases exponentially with impact times. Particularly, when the RMSD exceeds 0.075, the concrete damage process enters the rapid development stage and approaches the critical failure state. (3) Under the experimental conditions in this study, the relationship between the ultimate impact times (damage life) and impact heights of the concrete samples shows the development trend of the power function. The above results can provide reference for the research on service life prediction methods of concrete structures under impact loads.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2749540
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