Contribuições ao estudo da não-linearidade física em vigas de concreto armado

Abstract

This work refers to consideration of the effects of material nonlinearity applied to the behavior of reinforced concrete beams subjected to simple bending. The importance of the topic is highlight, as well as several works stemming from this study. The nonlinear behavior of steel and concrete are described along with understanding the manifestation of material nonlinearity. The constitutive models discussed and used in structural analysis are based on moment-curvature diagrams. The types of analysis and the approximate methods of the Brazilian standard NBR 6118 (ABNT, 2007) for the consideration of material nonlinearity in the verification of limit states (Ultimate and Service) are discussed. In numerical examples, the efficiency of constitutive models that employ moment-curvature relationship is verified by comparing with experimental results of reinforced concrete beams. The results of approximate methods are compared with those obtained by nonlinear analysis. The conclusions provided good results for immediate deflections calculated by approximate methods in service situations, as well for approximate methods that consider reinforcement in ultimate limit state.