Mechanical Behavior of Concrete

<p>Foreword xi</p>
<p>PART 1. INSTANTANEOUS OR TIME–INDEPENDENT MODELS FOR CONCRETE 1</p>
<p>Chapter 1. Test Techniques and Experimental Characterization 3<br /> Nicolas BURLION</p>
<p>1.1. Introduction 3</p>
<p>1.2. Experimental specificities related to concrete material 4</p>
<p>1.3. Extensometers and experimental conditions 12</p>
<p>1.4. Behavior of concrete under uniaxial stress: classical tests 21</p>
<p>1.5. Concrete under multiaxial stresses 32</p>
<p>1.6. Conclusions regarding the experimental characterization of the multiaxial behavior of concrete 54</p>
<p>1.7. Bibliography 55</p>
<p>Chapter 2. Modeling the Macroscopic Behavior of Concrete 63<br /> Jean–Marie REYNOUARD, Jean–Fran&ccedil;ois GEORGIN, Khalil HAIDAR and Gilles PIJAUDIER–CABOT</p>
<p>2.1. Introduction 63</p>
<p>2.2. The discrete approach 65</p>
<p>2.3. Continuous approach 71</p>
<p>2.4. Conclusion 106</p>
<p>2.5. Bibliography 115</p>
<p>Chapter 3. Failure and Size Effect of Structural Concrete 121<br /> Gilles PIJAUDIER–CABOT and Khalil HAIDAR</p>
<p>3.1. Introduction 121</p>
<p>3.2. Probabilistic structural size effect 124</p>
<p>3.3. Deterministic size effect 130</p>
<p>3.4. Fractality and size effect 134</p>
<p>3.5. Size effect and calibration of non–local models 138</p>
<p>3.6. Conclusions 143</p>
<p>3.7. Acknowledgement 145</p>
<p>3.8. Bibliography 145</p>
<p>PART 2. CONCRETE UNDER CYCLIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING 149</p>
<p>Chapter 4. Cyclic Behavior of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete 151<br /> Jean–Fran&ccedil;ois DUB&Eacute;</p>
<p>4.1. Characterization tests of the cyclic behavior 151</p>
<p>4.2. Modeling the reinforced concrete cyclic behavior 163</p>
<p>4.3. Modeling of the cyclic behavior of concrete 170</p>
<p>4.4. Conclusions 180</p>
<p>4.5. Bibliography 181</p>
<p>Chapter 5. Cyclic and Dynamic Loading Fatigue of Structural Concrete 185<br /> Jean–Fran&ccedil;ois DESTREBECQ</p>
<p>5.1. Introduction 185</p>
<p>5.2. The mechanisms of concrete fatigue 186</p>
<p>5.3. The fatigue strength under uniaxial compression or traction 193</p>
<p>5.4. Extension to Aas–Jakobsen s formula 197</p>
<p>5.5. Fatigue under multiaxial loading 202</p>
<p>5.6. Fatigue under high–level cyclic loading 207</p>
<p>5.7. Fatigue strength under variable level cyclic loadings 214</p>
<p>5.8. Bibliography 219</p>
<p>Chapter 6. Rate–Dependent Behavior and Modeling for Transient Analyses 225<br /> Fabrice GATUINGT</p>
<p>6.1. Introduction 225</p>
<p>6.2. Experimental behavior 225</p>
<p>6.3. Behavior modeling of concrete in dynamics 240</p>
<p>6.4. Bibliography 261</p>
<p>PART 3. TIME–DEPENDENT RESPONSE OF CONCRETE 265</p>
<p>Chapter 7. Concrete at an Early Age: the Major Parameters 267<br /> Vincent WALLER and Buqan MIAO</p>
<p>7.1. Introduction 267</p>
<p>7.2. Influence of the composition of concrete 267</p>
<p>7.3. Consequences of boundary conditions 282</p>
<p>7.4. Conclusion 290</p>
<p>7.5. Bibliography 290</p>
<p>Chapter 8. Modeling Concrete at Early Age 297<br /> Franz–Josef ULM, Jean–Michel TORRENTI, Beno&icirc;t BISSONETTE and Jacques MARCHAND</p>
<p>8.1. Introduction 297</p>
<p>8.2. The coupled thermo–chemo–mechanical problem 297</p>
<p>8.3. Data collection and experimental methods 309</p>
<p>8.4. Conclusion 331</p>
<p>8.5. Bibliography 331</p>
<p>Chapter 9. Delayed Effects Creep and Shrinkage 339<br /> Farid BENBOUDJEMA, F&eacute;kri MEFTAH, Gr&eacute;gory HEINFLING, Fabrice LEMAOU and Jean Michel TORRENTI</p>
<p>9.1. Introduction 339</p>
<p>9.2. Definitions and mechanisms 340</p>
<p>9.3. Experimental approach 354</p>
<p>9.4. Delayed response modeling 361</p>
<p>9.5. Codified models 383</p>
<p>9.6. Conclusion 400</p>
<p>9.7. Bibliography 400</p>
<p>Closing Remarks: New Concretes, New Techniques, and Future Models 409<br /> Jean Michel TORRENTI, Gilles PIJAUDIER–CABOT and Jean–Marie REYNOUARD</p>
<p>List of Authors 415</p>
<p>Index 417</p>