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Study on the Influence of Steel Fiber Distribution on the Mechanical Properties of Perfobond Leiste (PBL) Shear
Yurui Zhang1, Wenyuan Liao1, Yuting Fang1
1College of Civil Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
Abstract:
In order to study the influence of steel fibers on the mechanical properties of Perfobond Leiste (PBL) shear connectors and improve the utilization of steel fibers in this structure, four push-out test specimens and eight finite element numerical models were produced to study PBL-type shear connector specimens with different steel fiber blending amounts and blending forms. The results show that in this structure, when the blending amount of steel fiber was 0.5% to 1.5%, the ultimate bearing capacity of the specimen improved linearly, and the steel fiber helped to give full play to the performance of the PBL shear connector. The steel fibers distributed in the Z-direction have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of the PBL shear connector, and the steel fibers distributed in this direction have a significant effect on increasing the ultimate bearing capacity of the specimen. Steel fibers distributed in the Y-direction can greatly improve the plasticity of concrete. In addition, the effective action area of steel fibers is the triangular area from the bottom of the PBL shear connector to the two tops of the concrete.
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