Abstract
Three different effects control the influence of the loading rate on structural response: creep of bulk material, rate dependency of growing microcracks and structural inertia. The first effect is important only at extremely slow loading rates whereas the second and third effects dominate at higher loading rates. In the present paper, a rate sensitive model, which is based on the energy activation theory of bond rupture, and its implementation into the microplane model for concrete are discussed. It is first demonstrated that the model realistically predicts the influence of the loading rate on the uniaxial compressive behaviour of concrete. The rate sensitive microplane model is then applied in a 3D finite element analysis of the pull-out of headed stud anchors from a concrete block. In the study, the influence of the loading rate on the pull-out capacity and on the size effect is investigated. To investigate the importance of the rate of the growing microcracks and the influence of structural inertia, static and dynamic analyses were carried out. The results show that with an increase of the loading rate the pull-out resistance increases. For moderate loading rates, the rate of the microcrack growth controls the structural response and the results of static and dynamic analysis are similar. For very higher loading rates, however, the structural inertia dominates. The influence of structural inertia increases with the increase of the embedment depth. It is shown that for moderately high-loading rates the size effect becomes stronger when the loading rate increases. However, for very high-loading rate the size effect on the nominal pull-out strength vanishes and the nominal resistance increases with an increase of the embedment depth. This is due to the effect of structural inertia.
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Ožbolt, J., Rah, K.K. & Meštrović, D. Influence of loading rate on concrete cone failure. Int J Fract 139, 239–252 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-006-0041-3
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