Analysis on the Moment-Curvature Relationship for Prestressed UHPFRC Beams without Stirrup

To simplify the analysis, an elastic perfectly plastic stress-strain law was presented for UHPFRC. The post-cracking behavior was described by the average constant post-crack tensile strength. A strain parameter mu is proposed to evaluate the performance and efficiency of steel fibre reinforcement. 8 rectangular beams were tested in this investigation. Based on the proposed constitutive model, the full history of their flexural moment-curvature relationship for UHPFRC beams was calculated and compared with experimental data on prestressed UHPFRC beams. Good agreement between calculated strengths and experimental data was obtained.