Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening

Opening on reinforced concrete beams is sometimes crucial to allow for the pipelines of electrical circuits. These openings will affect the strength and ductility of the beams. This paper presents the effect of adding steel fiber to cater the loss due to the mid-span web opening in r...

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Main Authors: Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin, Hammood, Rasheed Abed, Nur Farhayu, Ariffin, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Saffuan, Wan Ahmad
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44393/1/Steel%20fiber%20performance%20in%20reinforced%20concrete%20deep%20beams.pdf
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author Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin
Hammood, Rasheed Abed
Nur Farhayu, Ariffin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Saffuan, Wan Ahmad
author_facet Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin
Hammood, Rasheed Abed
Nur Farhayu, Ariffin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Saffuan, Wan Ahmad
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description Opening on reinforced concrete beams is sometimes crucial to allow for the pipelines of electrical circuits. These openings will affect the strength and ductility of the beams. This paper presents the effect of adding steel fiber to cater the loss due to the mid-span web opening in reinforced concrete deep beams. Two amount of fibers volume fractions was considered (1% and 2%) with two different opening shapes (square and rectangular). One beam without opening was casted as a control beam. On the other hand, three beams with square opening and three beams with rectangular opening were also casted. Each beam catered for each amount of steel fiber content of 0%, 1% and 2%. The beams were tested under four-point bending test to failure. It was observed that the size or shape of the opening greatly decreased the beams' ability to support loads. Additionally, the strength and ductility of the reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening were enhanced by the inclusion of steel fiber, which made them similar to the control beam (without opening).
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spelling ump-443932025-05-02T01:00:45Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44393/ Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin Hammood, Rasheed Abed Nur Farhayu, Ariffin Khairunisa, Muthusamy Saffuan, Wan Ahmad TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TG Bridge engineering Opening on reinforced concrete beams is sometimes crucial to allow for the pipelines of electrical circuits. These openings will affect the strength and ductility of the beams. This paper presents the effect of adding steel fiber to cater the loss due to the mid-span web opening in reinforced concrete deep beams. Two amount of fibers volume fractions was considered (1% and 2%) with two different opening shapes (square and rectangular). One beam without opening was casted as a control beam. On the other hand, three beams with square opening and three beams with rectangular opening were also casted. Each beam catered for each amount of steel fiber content of 0%, 1% and 2%. The beams were tested under four-point bending test to failure. It was observed that the size or shape of the opening greatly decreased the beams' ability to support loads. Additionally, the strength and ductility of the reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening were enhanced by the inclusion of steel fiber, which made them similar to the control beam (without opening). Semarak Ilmu Publishing 2025-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44393/1/Steel%20fiber%20performance%20in%20reinforced%20concrete%20deep%20beams.pdf Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin and Hammood, Rasheed Abed and Nur Farhayu, Ariffin and Khairunisa, Muthusamy and Saffuan, Wan Ahmad (2025) Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics, 133 (1). pp. 52-62. ISSN 2289-7895. (Published) https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.133.1.5262 https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.133.1.5262
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TG Bridge engineering
Sharifah Maszura, Syed Mohsin
Hammood, Rasheed Abed
Nur Farhayu, Ariffin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Saffuan, Wan Ahmad
Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title_full Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title_fullStr Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title_full_unstemmed Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title_short Steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
title_sort steel fiber performance in reinforced concrete deep beams with mid-span web opening
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TG Bridge engineering
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