Analysis of flexural behavior of one-way reinforced concrete slab casted by shotcrete contain various types of plastic fibers

Jawhar, Abdulfatah Abdulwahid; Mansoor, Yousif A.; Al-Hadithi, Abdulkader Ismail

doi:10.37650/ijce..2022.160211

	Analysis of flexural behavior of one-way reinforced concrete slab casted by shotcrete contain various types of plastic fibers
Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineering
Article 11, Volume 16, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 118-128 PDF (1.32 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37650/ijce..2022.160211
Authors
Abdulfatah Abdulwahid Jawhar^* ; Yousif A. Mansoor; Abdulkader Ismail Al-Hadithi
Civil Engineering Department, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
Abstract
The design of reinforced concrete structures has traditionally relied on empirical techniques based on experience or experimental research on actual structural members. Although this approach produces a high level of precision, it is usually exceedingly costly and time-consuming. This paper studied the convergence between theoretical analysis (ACI 318-19 Equations) and numerical analysis (FEM) of eleven one way reinforced concrete slab specimens casted by shotcrete contains three types of plastic fibers including waste plastic (PET), polypropylene (PP), and hybrid (PET+PP) fibers with three addition ratios (0.35%, 0.7%, and 1%) for each type. The results concluded that the numerical analysis (ANSYS FE model) showed a good agreement with the theoretical (ACI 318-19) of one-way slab in terms of ultimate load, with a variance, and standard deviation equal to 0.00076, and 0.027 respectively. Hence, ANSYS v15 software can be used for the analysis of reinforced concrete slabs casted by shotcrete contain waste plastic fibers and polypropylene fibers.
Keywords
Shotcrete; Waste plastic fiber; Polypropylene Fiber; ANSYS; Finite element analysis

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