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Corresponding Author

Mohammed Hany Hassan

ORCID

0000-0001-6954-0695 : author1, 0000-0002-9558-0241: author2

Subject Area

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

This paper presents the effect on the shear behavior of reinforced concrete shallow beams due to infilling by using the Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) as a lightweight material to decrease the weight of the beams. Three reinforced concrete beams were fabricated in the lab to study the effect of infilling the beams with AAC blocks. The first beam is a solid or reference beam, SB01. The second beam was in filled by four AAC blocks having 100mm thick ribs, SB02. The last beam was also in filled but with eight AAC blocks having 40mm thick ribs, SB03. Based on the experimental shear test of the three beams, the test results were recorded and investigated. Additionally, 3-D, a nonlinear finite element analysis to simulate the behavior of the three beams by ANSYS 15.0-package was carried out. The experimental results of the beams were discussed and compared with the numerical outputs. It's found that decreasing the concrete section due to infilling changes the type of failure mode of the tested beams compared to the solid one

Keywords

Lightweight infill material, In filled beams, Failure load, shear load, nonlinear finite element analysis

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