Experimental Study on Fatigue Performance of the Reinforced Concrete Beam with Stainless Steel Rebar

Abstract:

Based on the fatigue test of 6 stainless steel reinforced concrete beams, number of stress cycles, dropping-coefficient of stiffness and crack width are studied. This paper mainly discussed, under different stress states and reinforcement ratio, the influence of the reinforced concrete beam with stainless steel rebar on crack development, deflection and fatigue life. It can be concluded that, the fatigue life of the stainless steel reinforced concrete beam will go up as the stress decreases. Based on the analysis of the test results, the S-N curve can be deduced.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 584-586)
• Pages: 1293-1298
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.584-586.1293
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Guo Xue Zhang*, Jia Wei Huang, Zi Qing Chen, Xi Wu Zhou
• Keywords: Beam, Fatigue Performance, Reinforced Concrete, Stainless Steel Rebar

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