EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF DEFORMABILITY AND FRACTURE RESISTANCE OF AIRFIELD SLABS ON MODELS

Abstract

The results of experimental studies of deformability and crack resistance of models of aerodrome slabs made of reinforced concrete and steel-fiber concrete, made on the basis of serial slab PAG-18 taking into account the scale factor, are presented. Two series of slabs were tested - two models of reinforced concrete and two models with one-percent dispersed reinforcement. The load was applied in steps, the instrument readings were recorded twice at each step and the crack opening width was measured starting from the moment of the first crack formation. Dial gauges, deflectometer and microscope MPB-3 were used as measuring instruments. In accordance with the normative documents acting in Ukraine, one of two possible loading schemes was considered - with the loading by the concentrated force applied in the span part of a plate which had a hinged support along its short sides. Plate models were tested on a specially made stand. Each load step ended with a five-minute dwell time, at the beginning and the end of which readings were taken on the measuring instruments. The deformations at the same levels were measured with dial gauges. The process of crack formation was observed with a Brinell tube in the places of the greatest crack opening. Breaking load for fiber concrete slab was 1.52 times higher than for reinforced concrete slab, and the moment of cracking initiation was 1.22 times higher. The process of cracking in the fiber concrete slab begins at higher loads than in the reinforced concrete slab. The initial crack opening width of the slabs is almost the same, and the final crack opening width of all the cracks in the fiber concrete slab is significantly lower than in the reinforced concrete slab. The deformations in steel-fiber concrete slabs when the load is applied in the span, both for compressed and stretched fibers, are higher than in reinforced concrete slabs. The experimental studies indicate that dispersed reinforcement of airfield slabs with steel fiber leads to their higher crack resistance.