Simulation concrete beam-column joints in Abaqus and damage investigation

In this tutorial simulation concrete beam-column joints in Abaqus has been studied. Strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures is now a major part of the construction activity all over the world. The RCC structures constructed across the world are often found to exhibit distress and suffer damage, even before service life is over, due to several causes such as earthquakes, corrosion, overloading, change of codal provisions, improper design, faulty construction, explosions and fire. With the mandate to go vertical, in light of the rising population and space crunch, most of the structures which have come up over the last three or more decades are all framed structures. For all framed structures, the most important component is the beam-column joint, and the structural design of the joint is usually neglected. During the design stage, attention is only restricted to provision of sufficient anchorage for the beam. Unsafe design and detailing within the joint region is dangerous for the entire structure, even though the structural members themselves may conform to the design requirements. It is well known that joint region in reinforced concrete framed structures are recognized as very critical as it transfers the forces and bending moments between the beams and columns.You can see a figure of assembled parts at below

Concrete part is modeled as three dimensional part with concrete damage plasticity behavior. Truss is modeled as wire part with steel material as elastic plastic material. General static step is appropriate for this type of analysis.During the simulation tensile damage is obvious and you can see some figures about the result of this simulation at below

You can provide CAE ,INP,and English video files of this simulation here. The cost of these files is Twenty-Two Euros. you can click on the bellow bottom to beginning process

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