Fatigue behaviour of composite–composite joints reinforced with cold metal transfer welded pins

In this paper the fatigue properties of through-the-thickness reinforced joints are studied in detail. Unreinforced specimens, specimens reinforced with cold metal transfer welded titanium and steel pins and specimens reinforced with titanium z-pins are investigated. Besides classical S–N diagrams, hysteresis curves and stiffness based approaches are applied to improve the understanding of the mechanical behaviour of the joints in the progress of their fatigue life. Furthermore full field strain analysis gives information about damage initiation and growth in the joint section.     

Flexural behaviour of RC slabs strengthened with prestressed CFRP strips using different anchorage systems

The Externally Bonded Reinforcement (EBR) technique using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) has been commonly used to strengthen concrete structures in flexure. The use of prestressed CFRP material offers several advantages well-reported in the literature. Regardless of such as benefits, several studies on different topics are missing. The present work intends to contribute to the knowledge of two commercially available systems that differ on the type of anchorage: (i) the Mechanical Anchorage (MA), and (ii) the Gradient Anchorage (GA). For that purpose, an experimental program was carried out with twelve slabs monotonically tested under displacement control up to failure by using a four-point bending test configuration. The effect of type of anchorage system (MA and GA), prestrain level (0 and 0.4%), width (50 mm and 80 mm) and thickness (1.2 mm and 1.4 mm) of the CFRP laminate, and the surface preparation (grinded and sandblasted) on the flexural response were the main studied parameters. Better performance was observed for the slabs: (i) with prestressed laminates, (ii) for the MA system, and (iii) with sandblasted surface preparation.     

Post-fire behavior of CFRP retrofitted thin-walled steel tanks

Thin-walled shell structures are characterized by a lightweight structural form with high strength. This structure has many applications in various engineering fields and is considered to be a basic tool in the modern industry. This study investigates the effect of CFRP on tanks after post-fire in order to examine the buckling and post-buckling of the cylindrical tanks. Herein, post-fire was introduced at different temperatures (150°C-600°C). Ten laboratory specimens in two groups with verified temperatures, under external pressure, are examined. The models were designed to demonstrate how repairing steel tanks, which are damaged by fire, by using carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer can recover lost capacity. The results of testing under different theories and codes were compared. This study shows that the initial buckling load of the temperature group increased by 30.82% to 57.09% compared to the temperature without-CFRP group. The overall buckling load of the temperature group increased by 37.01% to 67.74% compared to the temperature without-CFRP group. The collapse load of the temperature group increased by 27.04% to 52.64% compared to the temperature without-CFRP group. And using carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer on models, which are damaged by fire, can be an improvement behavior for the buckling and post-buckling specimen tests.     

碳纤维筋锚固性能试验研究

为了改善CFRP筋粘结型锚具的锚固性能,通过静载试验研究了粘结介质、CFRP筋不同表面形状、锚固长度、锚固端处理方式对锚固性能的影响。结果表明,在其它条件相同的情况下,环氧结构胶对CFRP筋的锚固性能较好,膨胀混凝土较差;CFRP筋的表面形状显著影响其锚固性能;CFRP筋锚固端环氧胶膜粘石英砂对锚固性能最好,环氧树脂粘砂次之,打磨处理最差;5mm和7mm光圆筋,建议进行环氧胶膜粘砂,锚固长度为250mm时,锚固效果最佳;8mm和16mm螺纹筋,环氧树脂粘砂,在锚固长度为250mm、330mm时,可使材料充分发挥性能。     

基于准平面假定的内嵌CFRP筋加固宽缺口混凝土梁裂缝分析

为研究内嵌CFRP筋加固的宽缺口混凝土梁的裂缝特性,通过16根内嵌CFRP筋加固的混凝土梁静载试验,详细观测和研究了其开裂和裂缝扩展状况。基于FRP类材料加固混凝土梁应变协调的准平面假定,根据传统的钢筋混凝土裂缝研究理论,在充分考虑CFRP筋的力学贡献的前提下,对内嵌CFRP筋加固的普通混凝土梁、宽缺口混凝土梁的裂缝间距、裂缝宽度和最大裂缝宽度的计算式进行了理论推导。将理论算式的计算结果与试验实测结果进行了比对。研究结果表明：与对比梁相比,内嵌CFRP筋材加固的宽缺口混凝土梁和内嵌CFRP筋加固的普通混凝土梁的开裂裂缝和最大裂缝宽度均有大幅度降低,前者的裂缝宽度降低幅度要小于后者的。两类加固梁的最大裂缝宽度都随着CFRP加固量的增大而减小。裂缝间距、裂缝宽度和最大裂缝宽度的理论算式的计算结果与实测结果吻合较好。4个加固梁试件组的平均开裂裂缝均比对比梁的开裂裂缝宽度减少0.30mm。     

碳纤维布加固震损CFRP筋高韧性纤维混凝土柱抗震性能试验研究

为探究CFRP筋高韧性纤维混凝土柱的抗震性能及可修复性能,以剪跨比和轴压比为变量,设计了6根CFRP筋高韧性纤维混凝土柱,其中3根为不进行加固的对比柱,剩余的3根柱先进行预损伤处理,再用碳纤维布进行加固修复,对上述试件进行低周反复荷载下的抗震性能试验。对试件的破坏形态、滞回特性、刚度退化、延性、综合性能指标以及耗能能力进行研究。结果表明：CFRP筋高韧性纤维混凝土柱表现出明显的多缝开展特征和良好的变形能力;水平荷载下降至峰值荷载的85%,停止加载,试件仍具有较好的完整性,且所有试件均表现出弯曲破坏的特征。轴压比越大,峰值荷载越大,滞回曲线的形状越饱满;剪跨比越大,极限水平位移越大,但峰值荷载越小。加固后试件的累积耗能较未加固试件提高2.0~4.2倍,仍具有良好的耗能能力,说明CFRP筋高韧性纤维混凝土柱具有良好的可修复性,且碳纤维布加固的方法有效可行。     

CFRP加固对冻融再生混凝土短柱承载能力的影响

为减小冻融循环对再生混凝土力学性能的影响,提高严寒地区再生混凝土的耐久性能,系统研究了冻融循环作用下再生粗骨料替代率、冻融-碳纤维布(CFRP)加固作用顺序对再生混凝土短柱试件承载能力的影响.结果表明:冻融循环作用使再生混凝土短柱试件极限承载力大幅降低,CFRP加固可以使再生粗骨料替代率为0%,50%和100%的再生混凝土短柱试件极限承载力分别提高到冻融前试件极限承载力的1.514,1.502和2.088倍,CFRP加固不仅可以大幅提高再生混凝土的抗冻融损伤性能,还可以有效修复、弥补冻融损伤再生混凝土的承载能力;先CFRP加固后冻融试件的承载能力优于先冻融后CFRP加固试件.用CFRP加固混凝土短柱的环箍力-轴向应变关系、混凝土单轴受压主动侧限本构关系和CFRP加固下的混凝土被动侧限本构关系建立了适用于冻融循环与CFRP加固共同影响下的再生混凝土短柱试件极限承载力公式.     

液氮冷却对碳纤维复合材料钻削表面完整性的影响

目的 研究液氮冷却与钻削工艺对碳纤维复合材料钻削质量的影响。方法 采用YG10X硬质合金钻头开展碳纤维平纹织物/环氧树脂层压复合材料（T300）的液氮低温钻削与常温干式钻削的对比试验研究。分析液氮低温作用下不同钻削参数时的声发射信号有效电压值（Root-Mean-Square of Acoustic Emission Signals,AE-RMS）,并结合孔的加工质量与声发射信号进行有效的识别。结果 与常温干式钻削相比,液氮低温钻削的AE-RMS在钻削阶段平均值增大,且信号相对平稳,在钻出阶段末尾处减小,且无明显突变,孔出口分层因子和出口毛刺减小。在vf=30 mm/min时,孔出口分层因子降低了9.2%,孔壁表面质量提高。结论 与常温干式钻削相比,液氮低温钻削在钻削阶段中,AE-RMS增大,但其波动幅度减小,孔出口毛刺、撕裂等缺陷减少。通过SEM观察,液氮低温钻削下的纤维断口明显减少,树脂涂覆表面整洁平滑,横向纤维与树脂界面有较好的结合性,没有大面积纤维树脂剥离,孔壁表面质量提高。     

Design of short CFRP-reinforced steel tubular columns

This paper presents the design and experimental evaluation of externally bonded carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets for strengthening circular steel tubular short columns. In addition to its ease of handling due to its light weight, the high-strength CFRP sheet can provide a degree of restraint to delay buckling of the thin steel wall. Ten short cold-formed steel circular hollow section (CHS) columns, with externally bonded orthogonal (hoop and longitudinal) CFRP sheets, were tested under axial compression. The experimental results indicate that enhancement of the axial section capacity is possible by fibre-reinforcing the steel tube. The design variables investigated to evaluate the strengthening efficiency include the steel yield strength, the modulus of elasticity of the hoop fibre, and the amount and configuration of the fibre reinforcement. Design curves predicting the section capacity of composite steel-CFRP tubular short columns are calculated based on current design guidelines for steel columns. The results highlight the ease of the use of such curves in the FRP strengthening or retrofitting design of tubular columns for section capacity enhancement.     

碳纤维布加固混凝土框架抗震性能试验研究

通过2榀1∶2 52层2跨混凝土框架低周反复加载试验,对应用碳纤维布加固混凝土框架方法进行了探索性研究,从滞回性能、节点核心区剪切变形、耗能能力以及强度、刚度退化等多个方面对加固后框架结构抗震性能的改善效果进行了分析评价。