The influence of the pre-organized cracks in the tensile zone of the reinforced concrete beam under statically short-term loading

The experimental and theoretical research of the single-span reinforced concrete beam with artificial flaw in tension area under the action of static short-term loads is performed. The stress-strain state of the structure, based on numerical simulation using finite element software system ANSYS, is investigated. The results of numerical simulation are compared with the experimental results.…