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Load-Path Redistribution and Damage Asymmetry in Reinforced Concrete Beams under Eccentric Drop-Weight Impact: A Coupled SPH--FEM Study

Ziqi Gao·Chi Lu·Yoshimi Sonoda·Hiroki Tamai
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Reinforced concrete (RC) beams under impact are commonly assessed using central-impact configurations, but practical impacts may deviate from midspan and create unequal shear spans. This study investigates how impact eccentricity changes force transfer and damage development using a validated coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics--finite element method (SPH--FEM) model. Concrete is modeled with SPH particles, while reinforcement, supports, and the impactor are modeled with FEM solid elements. After validation against central drop-weight tests, full-span eccentric-impact cases are compared with matched short-span references. The first contact-force peak changes only slightly with eccentricity, whereas the response distribution changes clearly. At the largest eccentricity, shorter-span shear reaches up to 2.23 times the central-impact value, showing shear-dominated redistribution. Absorbed energy per unit length follows the same trend in shorter-span, reaching up to 4.29 times the longer-span-side value. Matched references show that full-span eccentric beams can develop up to 18.4 kN higher local shear than symmetric short-span beams. Damage fields shift from symmetric central damage to asymmetric shorter-span-side damage with clearer fragmentation in low-strength cases. Eccentric impact should therefore be evaluated as a full-span shear-transfer and damage-asymmetry problem.

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Ziqi Gao, Chi Lu, Yoshimi Sonoda, Hiroki Tamai. 2026-08-07. Load-Path Redistribution and Damage Asymmetry in Reinforced Concrete Beams under Eccentric Drop-Weight Impact: A Coupled SPH--FEM Study. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16136700

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