Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/33024
Title: Computationally Efficient and Robust Nonlinear 3D Cyclic Modeling of RC Structures Through a Hybrid Finite Element Model (HYMOD)
Authors: Markou, George 
Mourlas, Christos 
Papadrakakis, Manolis 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Computer and Information Sciences;ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;Civil Engineering
Keywords: Hybrid finite elements;Cyclic loading;Reinforced Concrete;Smeared crack approach;Embedded rebars
Issue Date: 1-Feb-2019
Source: International Journal of Computational Methods, 2019, vol.16 n0.1
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Journal: International Journal of Computational Methods 
Abstract: A computationally efficient and robust simulation method is presented in this work, for the cyclic modeling of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. The proposed hybrid modeling (HYMOD) approach alleviates numerical limitations regarding the excessive computational cost during the cyclic analysis and provides a tool for the detailed simulation of the 3D cyclic nonlinear behavior of full-scale RC structures. The simplified HYMOD approach is integrated in this work with a computationally efficient cyclic concrete material model so as to investigate its numerical performance under extreme cyclic loading conditions. The proposed approach adopts a hybrid modeling concept that combines hexahedral and beam-column finite elements (FEs), in which the coupling between them is achieved through the implementation of kinematic constraints. A parametric investigation is performed through the use of the Del Toro Rivera frame joint and two RC frames with a shear wall. The proposed modeling method managed to decrease the computational cost in all numerical tests performed in this work, while it induced additional numerical stability during the cyclic analysis, in which the required number of internal iterations per displacement increment was found to be always smaller compared with the unreduced (hexahedral) model. The HYMOD provides for the first time with the required 3D detailed FE solution tools in order to simulate the nonlinear cyclic response of full-scale RC structures without hindering the numerical accuracy of the derived model nor the need of developing computationally expensive models that practically cannot be solved through the use of standard computer systems.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/33024
ISSN: 02198762
DOI: 10.1142/S0219876218501256
Type: Article
Affiliation : University of Pretoria 
National Technical University Of Athens 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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