Tensile Test and Numerical Simulation Investigations on the Mechanical Properties of a New Type of Slightly Curved Arc HRB400 Steel Bars in Mass Concrete

International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Table 3 Numerical simulation tensile stress properties of specimens 36C2–36C4

Specimen no.	Stress–strain curves		\(\overline{\sigma }\), when the maximum tensile stress exceeds the material yield strength
Specimen no.	Concave toward stress axis	Concave toward strain axis
36C1	\(\overline{\sigma } \le 50.0\) MPa	\(\overline{\sigma } > 50.0\) MPa	40.0
36C2	\(\overline{\sigma } \le 55.0\) MPa	\(\overline{\sigma } > 55.0\) MPa	55.0
36C3	\(\overline{\sigma } \le 75.0\) MPa	\(\overline{\sigma } > 75.0\) MPa	60.0
36C4	\(\overline{\sigma } \le 65.0\) MPa	\(\overline{\sigma } > 65.0\) MPa	50.0