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Flexural performance of UHPC-encased H-shape steel beams: Experiments and theoretical analysis

2025· article· en· W4415322169 on OpenAlex
Yuquan Ma, Feng Jiang, Zhiying Ou, Kuanghuai Wu, Xueming Fan, Yi Shao

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Bibliographic record

VenueEngineering Structures · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicStructural Load-Bearing Analysis
Canadian institutionsMcGill University
FundersGuangzhou UniversityMinistry of Transport of the People's Republic of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsFlexural strengthBeam (structure)CrackingBendingDeformation (meteorology)Bearing capacityThree point flexural test

Abstract

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To enhance the durability of steel beams and the bearing capacity of UHPC beams, this study proposes UHPC-encased H-shape steel beams, also called Structural-steel-Reinforced UHPC H-shape (SRUHPC-H) beams. Four-point bending tests were carried out on four full-scale SRUHPC-H beams. The bending failure mode and cooperative working performance of SRUHPC-H beams were analyzed, and the flexural bearing capacity and deformation performance were evaluated based on the test results. The results showed that all the specimens exhibited typical tension-controlled beam behavior, experiencing elastic stage, diffuse cracking stage, yielding stage and finally UHPC crushing. The beams satisfied the plane section assumption before yielding. The strain coordination between the internal steel plate and the external UHPC was good, and the deformation capacity was better than that of the traditional steel-reinforced concrete beam and the steel-reinforced UHPC rectangular beams. The material utilization efficiency and economy were effectively improved by the H-shaped section design. Finally, a flexural prediction method is proposed. The mean value and the root mean square error (RMSE) of the predicted-to-test ratio were 0.98 and 0.04, respectively. • A new type of UHPC-encased H-shape steel (SRUHPC-H) beam is proposed. • The SRUHPC-H beam exhibits typical tension-controlled flexural behavior. • The strain coordination between the internal steel plate and the external UHPC is good before yielding. • A flexural prediction method of SRUHPC-H beams is proposed and shown less than 8 % prediction error. • The deformation capacity of SRUHPC-H beam is better than that of the traditional SRUHPC rectangular beam.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.233
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.003
GPT teacher head0.214
Teacher spread0.211 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it