Post-impact evaluation at RC plates with planar tomography and FEM

Research output: Contribution to journalResearch articleContributedpeer-review

Contributors

  • Deborah Nerger - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Falk Hille - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Robabeh Moosavi - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Marcel Grunwald - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Bernhard Redmer - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Tino Kühn - , Chair of Special Concrete Structures (Author)
  • Marcus Hering - , Chair of Concrete Structures (Author)
  • Franz Bracklow - , Chair of Concrete Structures (Author)

Abstract

Due to the wide range of applications, the easy production and the large field of use, reinforced concrete (RC) is a widespread building material. This variety of applications is reflected in a wide range of physical material properties. Not only therefor it still is a technical challenge to provide all necessary test conditions for experimentally reproducing dynamic effects under impact loading of RC structures. In this paper we present investigations on the thicknesses of RC plates under low and medium high velocity impact loading by a flat-tipped impactor. The planar tomography setup at BAM is used to visualize the impact damage and to characterize the damage features such as cracks, scabbing and spalling. Further, the comparison of tomography results with those of an applied numeric simulation analysis is used to verify the numeric models for future damage prognosis under impact loading. Using the results of both, the tomographic as well as the FE analysis, different damage features were investigated and compared regarding their validity. Crack damage plays a leading part and the significance of summarized crack values as well as their distribution is analyzed. The total damage value but also the determined damage distribution both provide an input for describing damage as a function of the impactor velocity and plate thickness.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)236-243
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials Today: Proceedings
Volume2020
Issue number32(2)
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1825-1946/work/141545480
ORCID /0000-0003-2440-5670/work/142236538

Keywords