Simulation bending test of the UHPFRC beam reinforced with BFRP lamina in Abaqus

In this tutorial, the Simulation bending test of the UHPFRC beam reinforced with BFRP lamina in Abaqus  has been investigated. The UHPFRC beam is modeled as a three-dimensional solid part. The BFRP lamina with eight layers is modeled as a shell part. The steel bars and strips are modeled as three-dimensional wire part. You can see a figure of the assembled parts below

The model is a continuum, plasticity-based, damage model for concrete. It assumes that the main two failure mechanisms are tensile cracking and compressive crushing of the concrete material. The concrete damaged plasticity model provides a general capability for modeling concrete and other quasi-brittle materials in all types of structures. The CPD model can consider also the tension and compression damage for the UHPFRC beam. The steel material with elastic and plastic behavior is selected for the bars and strips. The BFRP lamina is modeled as a conventional shell section with eight layers and the elastic material lamina type and also Hashin’s damage criterion is used. The general static step is appropriate for this type of analysis. The bars and strips are embedded inside the concrete beam. The perfect contact is assumed between BFRP parts and the concrete. The surface to surface contact with friction as a contact property is selected to define the contact between rigid body and the concrete beam. The fixed boundary condition is assigned to the two ends of the beam and displacement to the rigid body. The mesh should be fine to obtain correct results

After the simulation, all results such as stress, strain, tensile damage, fiber damage, force-displacement diagram, and… are available. You can see some figures for the results below 

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