The influence of biaxial stress states on the stiffness of glass textile reinforced cementitious composites

T. Tysmans, H. Cuypers, S. Adriaenssens, B. Belkassem, O. Remy, C. Ramault

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Abstract

The application of glass textile reinforced cementitious composites (GTRC) in slender building elements such as plates or shells, can be advantageous over the widely used steel-reinforced concrete. As the glass fibre diameter is three orders of magnitude smaller than the typical steel rebar diameter, very thin and/or freeform plates and shells can be designed. In these two-dimensional elements however, complex biaxial stress states can occur under various load combinations. Up to now, only the uniaxial behaviour of GTRC is studied extensively: GTRC behaves approximately linear in compression, but is highly nonlinear in tension. In this paper, biaxial tensile tests are carried out on cruciform GTRC specimens and observed with the Digital Image Correlation technique. Experimental results are described and compared to a numerical model in the finite element program Abaqus. First results show that the uncoupled stress-strain behaviour in both principle stress directions leads to an underestimation of the biaxial stiffness of GTRC.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Textile Composites - TEXCOMP9
Subtitle of host publicationRecent Advances in Textile Composites
Pages229-236
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference on Textile Composites - TEXCOMP9: Recent Advances in Textile Composites - Newark, DE, United States
Duration: Oct 13 2008Oct 15 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Textile Composites - TEXCOMP9: Recent Advances in Textile Composites

Other

Other9th International Conference on Textile Composites - TEXCOMP9: Recent Advances in Textile Composites
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNewark, DE
Period10/13/0810/15/08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Ceramics and Composites

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