Evaluation of concrete fracture behavior based on digital image correlation

Ziqi Gao; Dong Lei; Jintao He; Feipeng Zhu; Pengxiang Bai

doi:10.1515/mt-2021-2056

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Evaluation of concrete fracture behavior based on digital image correlation

Ziqi Gao
Ziqi Gao, born in 1997, has been studying for a Master’s degree at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, since 2020. He is majoring in Engineering Mechanics, and his research interests focus on structural dynamics and mechanical behavior of concrete.
, Dong Lei , Jintao He
Jintao He, born in 1994, has been studying for a Doctor’s degree at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, since 2019. He is majoring in Engineering Mechanics, and his research interests focus on structural dynamics and mechanical behavior of concrete.
, Feipeng Zhu and Pengxiang Bai

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Abstract

Fracture is the most common damage form of concrete buildings. Due to the opaqueness of concrete, the internal structure can be hardly observed so that it is difficult to predict the occurrence and development of cracks. Therefore, an image-based modeling method using digital image correlation (DIC) is proposed in this work. The realistic distribution of each phase in a concrete structure is captured by a camera, and the corresponding concrete models are then established for further simulation. With the image-based models, a series of three-point and four-point bending experiments are carried out experimentally and numerically, and their fracture processes are compared. It is revealed that the simulation analysis is in good agreement with the experimental result on crack propagation and the trend of strain in three-point bending tests. It should also be remarked that the image-based model needs to be optimized for simulating crack development in four-point bending tests because of the randomness of crack position, although the strain field of simulation is close to one of the experiments.

Keywords: concrete; concrete fracture; cracking; digital image correlation; numerical simulation

Corresponding author: Dong Lei, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China, E-mail: leidong@hhu.edu.cn

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809

Award Identifier / Grant number: 51679078

Award Identifier / Grant number: U1765204

About the authors

Ziqi Gao

Ziqi Gao, born in 1997, has been studying for a Master’s degree at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, since 2020. He is majoring in Engineering Mechanics, and his research interests focus on structural dynamics and mechanical behavior of concrete.

Jintao He

Jintao He, born in 1994, has been studying for a Doctor’s degree at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, since 2019. He is majoring in Engineering Mechanics, and his research interests focus on structural dynamics and mechanical behavior of concrete.

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: The financial support for this research provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers U1765204 and 51679078] are gratefully acknowledged
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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