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Experimental Study on the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete under Shock Loading

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A simple experimental method was introduced to study the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete under shock loading. The one-stage light gas gun was used to test the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete with different reinforcement ratios under various impact velocities. Three Mn-Cu piezoresistive pressure gauges embedded in the target were used to record the voltage-time signals, from which the stress-strain curves of reinforced concrete were obtained using Lagrangian analysis. Experimental results indicated that the load-bearing capacities of reinforced concrete increased greatly with the impact velocity and the reinforcement ratio. The peak stress of the shock wave decreased exponentially with the propagation distance.

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  1. Department of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China

    Haifeng Liu & Jie Fu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, Beijing, China

    Jianguo Ning

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51368048 and 11162015).

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Liu, H., Fu, J. & Ning, J. Experimental Study on the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete under Shock Loading. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 29, 22–30 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-9166(16)60004-6

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