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Deformation capturing of concrete structures at elevated temperatures

Ba Le, D; Tran, SD; Dao, VTN; Torero, J; (2017) Deformation capturing of concrete structures at elevated temperatures. Procedia Engineering , 210 pp. 613-621. 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.11.121. Green open access

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Abstract

Reliable deformation measurement is required for proper quantification of fire performance of concrete structures. Predictive capability of models for many critical properties, including Young’s moduli, stress-strain relationships and load-induced thermal strains, is first and foremost dependent on such reliable deformation capturing. This paper first presents a state-of-the-art review of existing methods for capturing deformation of concrete structures at elevated temperatures. Key merits, limitations and challenges associated with each measuring technique are discussed. It is shown that existing testing facilities and measuring instruments generally do not allow reliable direct measurement of deformation and strain of high-temperature concrete. As a result, the deformation has typically been captured either indirectly or outside the heated zones, inevitably introducing additional uncertainty and errors that are difficult to be adequately quantified. On the basis of that review, the paper details a new test set-up for reliable non-contact full-field deformation capturing of concrete structures at high temperatures using 3D Digital Image Correlation technique. Key features of the new setup that enable to successfully address major challenges of thermal boundary condition, thermal stability of speckle pattern, contrast of image and hot air movement are presented; together with evidences giving confidence to the reliability of such set-up. With its combined advantages of reliable full-field deformation capturing and thermal boundary conditions on test specimens, the new set-up allows to generate required reliable data on performance of concrete at elevated temperatures, thereby facilitating the development of effective rational fire design and analysis of concrete structures.

Type: Article
Title: Deformation capturing of concrete structures at elevated temperatures
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.11.121
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.11.121
Language: English
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Keywords: concrete; elevated temperatures; fire; deformation capturing; constitutive models; DIC.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069555
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