Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Flexural Composite Beams With Partial Use of High Strength/High performance concrete

The paper summarises the experimental and numerical analysis of flexural capacity and deformability of structural concrete beams prepared as composite members consisting of two concrete layers made of reinforced normal concrete and high‐performance concrete (HPC). The reinforced concrete composite beams used in the tests were prepared in full scale with the cross‐section of 120 × 200 mm and the effective span of 2950 mm. The basic samples were composed in two layers consisting of high‐performance concrete as the top layer, and normal strength concrete. The results of the analyses confirm a significant improvement of structural properties of composite beams in comparison to the beams prepared totally of normal concrete, and in some cases also in comparison with the beam totally made of HPC.