Simulation four point bending test of a foamed concrete beam reinforced with steel bars and bamboo fiber in Abaqus

In this tutorial, the Simulation four point bending test of a foamed concrete beam reinforced with steel bars and bamboo fiber in Abaqus has been investigated. The foamed concrete part is modeled as a three-dimensional solid part. The bamboo composite is modeled as a three-dimensional shell part with some layers. The steel reinforcements are modeled as the wire part. You can see figures of the assembled parts below

Construction materials using concrete is the primary building element of structures worldwide at present. The application of concrete in civil engineering is vast ranging from construction of bridges, dams to roads and tall buildings.The high demand of concrete can be attributed to its high durability, strength, moldability and relative economy compared with other traditional materials. Ever since the development of concrete, many types of concrete have been manufactured. One of them being foamed concrete. It is a type of lightweight concrete, also the bamboo, a very abundant natural resource in tropical regions, has been exploited as a back reinforcement

The Concrete Damaged Plasticity model is selected for the foamed concrete material to represents the correct behavior of it under the bending test. The elastic-plastic material model is considered for the steel reinforcements. The elastic model with damage criterion is used for the bamboo fiber composite under the bending load. The general static step with some changes in the convergence method has been selected. The perfect contact is assumed between the layers of the parts. The mesh should be fine to obtain the correct results in this simulation

After the simulation, all results such as stress, strain, failure, force-displacement … are available. You can see some figures for the resutls below

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