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Journal of Intelligent Construction 2023, 1(2): 9180011 https://doi.org/10.26599/JIC.2023.9180011
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A method to analyze the long-term durability performance of underground reinforced concrete culvert structures under coupled mechanical and environmental loads

Show Author's Information Pengfei Li1,  Haoyu Wang1,  Ding Nie2( ),  Duoyin Wang1,  Chengzhi Wang1
School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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durability, sensitivity analysis, underground structures, coupling calculation, top plate deflection, reinforced concrete (RC)
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Li P, Wang H, Nie D, et al. A method to analyze the long-term durability performance of underground reinforced concrete culvert structures under coupled mechanical and environmental loads. Journal of Intelligent Construction, 2023, 1(2): 9180011. https://doi.org/10.26599/JIC.2023.9180011
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The coupling effect of mechanical and environmental loads is the main cause of deterioration in the performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. However, most studies on the durability of RC structures have focused only on mechanical or environmental loads. As a result, it is difficult to fully capture the effects of dry shrinkage and creep caused by temperature and humidity changes within the structure, as well as their impact on the overall deformation of the structure. To address this gap, this paper presents a numerical simulation of underground culvert projects using the durability concrete model-complex three-dimensional (DuCOM-COM3D) analysis software. The results of the simulation demonstrate that this approach offers a more precise characterization of the porosity, temperature, and humidity inside the concrete, resulting in improved accuracy in predicting the long-term deflection, crack width, and other macro-mechanical indices of the structure. Despite these advantages, some discrepancies were observed between the calculated and measured long-term deflection values. Additionally, a limit analysis was conducted to investigate the potential causes of the large deformation observed in the measurements. Overall, the results contribute to a better understanding of the complex mechanical and environmental loads affecting RC structures and provide a methodology for accurately simulating their long-term behavior.


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A method to analyze the long-term durability performance of underground reinforced concrete culvert structures under coupled mechanical and environmental loads

Show Author's information Pengfei Li1, Haoyu Wang1, Ding Nie2( ), Duoyin Wang1, Chengzhi Wang1
School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China

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The coupling effect of mechanical and environmental loads is the main cause of deterioration in the performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. However, most studies on the durability of RC structures have focused only on mechanical or environmental loads. As a result, it is difficult to fully capture the effects of dry shrinkage and creep caused by temperature and humidity changes within the structure, as well as their impact on the overall deformation of the structure. To address this gap, this paper presents a numerical simulation of underground culvert projects using the durability concrete model-complex three-dimensional (DuCOM-COM3D) analysis software. The results of the simulation demonstrate that this approach offers a more precise characterization of the porosity, temperature, and humidity inside the concrete, resulting in improved accuracy in predicting the long-term deflection, crack width, and other macro-mechanical indices of the structure. Despite these advantages, some discrepancies were observed between the calculated and measured long-term deflection values. Additionally, a limit analysis was conducted to investigate the potential causes of the large deformation observed in the measurements. Overall, the results contribute to a better understanding of the complex mechanical and environmental loads affecting RC structures and provide a methodology for accurately simulating their long-term behavior.

Keywords: durability, sensitivity analysis, underground structures, coupling calculation, top plate deflection, reinforced concrete (RC)

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Received: 05 May 2023
Revised: 02 June 2023
Accepted: 03 June 2023
Published: 18 July 2023
Issue date: June 2023

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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Tsinghua University Press.

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The authors are very grateful for the funding from National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2021YFC3090104), General Program of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau (No. CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX0509), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52192672), and the independent research program of State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin (No. SKL2022ZD05).

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