Research Article
Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Negative Flexural Behavior of Steel-UHPC Composite Beams
| State | Test beam | Load (kN) | Displacement (mm) | Rotation (°) | Crack width (mm) | Strain of UHPC top surface (µε) | Strain of top flange of steel girder (µε) |
| Critical cracking state | CB-1 | 9.0 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 1453 | 269 | CB-2 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 1516 | 231 | CB-3 | 32.1 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 1774 | 206 |
| Final state | CB-1 | 35.3 | 30 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 5750 | 1453 | CB-2 | 42.3 | 30 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 5152 | 1114 | CB-3 | 59.0 | 30 | 1.07 | 0.51 | 4813 | 863 |
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