Thin-walled shell structures made of textile-reinforced concrete - Part II: Experimental characterization, ultimate limit state assessment and numerical simulation

The present paper describes a design approach for textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) shells which reflects the interaction between normal forces and bending moments based on the cross-sectional strength characteristics of the material determined experimentally. The influence of oblique loading on the composite strength of TRC elements with flexible reinforcement is included in a normalized interaction diagram for combined loading. As an example, the design approach is applied to the ultimate limit state assessment of a TRC shell in double curvature. Furthermore, the general applicability of the design approach is discussed in the light of the non-linear loadbearing behaviour of TRC. Due to its strain-hardening tensile response, stress redistributions within the shell result in loadbearing reserves. Details of the structural design and production solutions developed and applied during the realization of the TRC shell structure are described in the companion paper (Part I).