Computers and Concrete
Volume 3, Number 2, 2006, pages 79-90
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2006.3.2/3.079
Reinforced concrete beams under drop-weight impact loads
Ian M. May, Yi Chen, D. Roger J. Owen, Y. T. Feng and Philip J. Thiele
Abstract
This paper describes the results of an investigation into high mass-low velocity impact behaviour of reinforced concrete beams. Tests have been conducted on fifteen 2.7 m or 1.5 m span beams under drop-weight loads. A high-speed video camera has been used at rates of up to 4,500 frames per second in order to record the crack formation, propagation, particle spallation and scabbing. In some tests the strain in the reinforcement has been recorded using
Key Words
impact testing; drop-weight; RC beams; numerical modelling.
Address
Ian M. May and Yi Chen; Department of Civil Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UKrnD. Roger J. Owen, Y. T. Feng and Philip J. Thiele; University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK