TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatigue behavior of prestressed concrete beam for straddle-type monorail tracks
AU - Pu, Qianhui
AU - Wang, Hanyu
AU - Gou, Hongye
AU - Bao, Yi
AU - Yan, Meng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors.
PY - 2018/7/13
Y1 - 2018/7/13
N2 - Monorail transportation systems are widely built in medium and small cities, as well as hilly cities, because of their excellent performance. A prestressed concrete track beam is a key load-carrying structural component and guideway subjected to repeated traffic load. The fatigue behavior of the prestressed concrete beam is critical for the safety of the transportation system. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the fatigue behavior of a prestressed concrete beam in terms of stiffness degradation and strain change. The displacement and rotation of the beam of concrete and reinforcement were examined, respectively. A three-dimensional finite element model was established to help understand the development of the mechanical behavior. No crack was observed throughout the test. Both concrete and bars behaved in their linear-elastic stage throughout the test, and the bond between them performed well.
AB - Monorail transportation systems are widely built in medium and small cities, as well as hilly cities, because of their excellent performance. A prestressed concrete track beam is a key load-carrying structural component and guideway subjected to repeated traffic load. The fatigue behavior of the prestressed concrete beam is critical for the safety of the transportation system. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the fatigue behavior of a prestressed concrete beam in terms of stiffness degradation and strain change. The displacement and rotation of the beam of concrete and reinforcement were examined, respectively. A three-dimensional finite element model was established to help understand the development of the mechanical behavior. No crack was observed throughout the test. Both concrete and bars behaved in their linear-elastic stage throughout the test, and the bond between them performed well.
KW - Fatigue
KW - Model test
KW - Prestressed concrete beam
KW - Stiffness degradation
KW - Straddle-type monorail transportation
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U2 - 10.3390/app8071136
DO - 10.3390/app8071136
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049902996
VL - 8
JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
IS - 7
M1 - 1136
ER -