The application of the finite element method for the modeling reinforced concrete elements with pre-organized cracks

摘要

Eearly cracks prevention and their further development is one of the main tasks of scientists conducting research on concrete and reinforced concrete structures.The study of these problems is a very complicated process, requiring a long time and material costs. In this regard, the constantly evolving software complexes of numerical simulation provide great opportunities to obtain calculation results close to experimental ones, as well as significantly reducing the time and material costs. In this article, we analyze the results of modelling the reinforced concrete elements behavior with organized pre-cracks under the action of static short-term loads. Simulation is performed with the ABAQUS (version 6.14) software.