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Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Flexible Connectors for Use in Insulated Concrete Wall Panels
Published on: October 19, 2022
Study on Calculation Method of Bending Performance of Concrete Sandwich Composite Slab
Mai-Li Cheng1, Guo-Zhuang Hu1, Hong-Qi Wang2
1School of Architectural Engineering, Yanan University, Yan'an 716000, China.
Abstract:
In order to explore the flexural behavior of a concrete sandwich panel under concentrated boundary conditions, based on Kirachhoff's elastic thin plate theory in this paper, the geometric deformation, physical conditions, and equilibrium relationship of a sandwich panel are deduced by constructing the layered analysis model of the sandwich panel, the basic differential equation of the flexural deformation of the concrete sandwich thin plate is obtained, and the mathematical expression of the internal force and displacement under the boundary condition of concentrated support is given. Combined with an engineering example, the proposed calculation method is verified. The results show that, in the arrangement of reliable connectors for concrete sandwich panels, the concrete wythes bear the load while the contribution of the core layer to the bending capacity of the structure can be ignored. When subjected to a laterally distributed load, the sandwich panel mainly experiences out-of-plane bending deformation, and the bending normal stress in the concrete panel layer shows a linear non-uniform distribution along the thickness direction of the panel. The bending deformation performance and bearing efficiency of a concrete sandwich slab with the change in concentrated support position have significant effects, and the load transfer efficiency can be improved by optimizing the arrangement of supports. Except for small local areas near the supports, the bending stress distribution and deformation behavior of the concrete sandwich panel can be accurately analyzed by the calculation method established in this paper.
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