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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 106
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY
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Paper 238

Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling of the Pull-Out of Reinforcing Bars from Underwater Concrete

O.Y. El Masri and C.A. Issa

Department of Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
O.Y. El Masri, C.A. Issa, "Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling of the Pull-Out of Reinforcing Bars from Underwater Concrete", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 238, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.106.238
Keywords: pull-out test, bond strength, underwater concrete, nonlinear finite element analysis, Abaqus..

Summary
In the study, described in this paper, the commercial finite element software Abaqus was used to develop a three-dimensional nonlinear finite element model capable of simulating the pull-out test of reinforcing bars from underwater concrete. The results of thirty-two pull-out tests that have different parameters were implemented in the software to study the effect of the concrete cover, the bar size, the use of stirrups, and the compressive strength of concrete.

The interaction properties used in the model provided accurate results in comparison with the experimental bond-slip results, thus the model has successfully simulated the pull-out test. The results of the finite element model are used to better understand and visualize the distribution of stresses in each component of the model, and to study the effect of the various parameters used in this study including the role of the stirrups in preventing the stress from reaching to the sides of the specimens.

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