Ductility of FRP plated flexural members

The design of reinforced concrete (RC) flexural members such as beams, slabs and columns is intrinsically based on the inherent ductility of the member. In reinforced concrete beams and slabs, ductility is generally achieved by using ‘under-reinforced’ sections and generally governed by the neutral axis depth parameter k_u which requires ultimate failure by concrete crushing at a specified strain ε_c. As the plates of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) plated RC beams can fracture or debond before the concrete crushes at ε_c, the k_u approach is not directly applicable. Hence, new fundamental approaches and a deeper understanding of ductility are required which are the subjects of this paper.     

Effect of fiber orientation on the structural behavior of FRP wrapped concrete cylinders

In this study, 27 concrete cylinders with a diameter of 152.4 and a height of 304.8 mm were prepared. Among them, 18 cylinders were wrapped using two layers of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) with six fiber orientations; six cylinders were wrapped using four layers of FRP with fibers in axial or hoop direction only; the remaining three cylinders were used as control. The FRP used was E-glass fiber reinforced ultraviolet (UV) curing vinyl ester. Fifteen coupon specimens were prepared to experimentally determine the tensile strength of the FRP with fibers oriented at 0°, 45°, and 90° from the loading direction. Co-axial compression tests were conducted on the wrapped cylinders and control cylinders. The test results were compared with existing confinement models. It is found that the strength, ductility, and failure mode of FRP wrapped concrete cylinders depend on the fiber orientation and wall thickness. Fibers oriented at a certain angle in between the hoop direction and axial direction may result in strength lower than fibers along hoop or axial direction. A larger database is desired in order to refine the existing design-oriented confinement models.     

影响FRP筋与混凝土黏结性能的主要因素

目的阐述FRP筋混凝土的黏结机理。探讨影响FRP筋与混凝土黏结性能的主要因素．方法对84个FRP筋混凝土试件进行中心拉拔试验。总结和分析试验结果，对影响FRP筋与混凝土黏结性能的主要因素进行研究．结果剪切滞后使受拉FRP筋横截面中心与边缘的变形有一定差异，横截面的正应力非均匀分布，使得黏结强度随FRP筋直径的增大而降低．试件的黏结强度随埋深的增加而降低．对于混凝土强度等级大于C15的试件，混凝土强度对黏结强度的影响还难以定论．另外，FRP筋的表面形式和不同类型纤维组成也是影响其与混凝土黏结性能的重要因素．结论FRP筋直径、埋置深度、FRP筋表面形式和类型等均对FRP筋与混凝土之间的黏结性能有重要的影响，而混凝土强度的影响还难以确定，仍需要大量的试验进行验证．试验结果为深入了解FRP筋与混凝土的黏结性能提供了依据．     

钢筋混凝土结构增强纤维加固技术

纤维增强塑料(FRP)加强修补混凝土结构以其高强高效、防腐耐久、施工便捷、适用面广等多方面的优势,在工程中得到了广泛应用.用FRP进行加固后,构件的受力特点和破坏模式与普通钢筋混凝土构件的破坏形态有所不同,本文主要分析不同形式的钢筋混凝土受力构件采用FRP加固前后受力特点和破坏模式的区别,结论可供工程应用参考.     

Fracture Resistance of a Cracked Concrete Beam Post-strengthened with FRP Sheets

Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites have been increasingly used in rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete structures. Significant increases in stiffness and strength have been achieved by applying this technique. However, there is concern about the ductility or toughness performance of FRP/concrete hybrid structures, which is critical in the application of this technology. This paper presents a new theoretical method to predict the fracture resistance behaviour of FRP post-strengthened concrete flexural beams. No slip between the FRP and plain concrete matrix is assumed and Mode I fracture propagation is considered. The model is valid for a wide range of span-to-depth ratios and any crack length. The influence of the bridging stresses provided by the fracture process zone (FPZ) at the tip of a fictitious fracture is examined. The effect of various material and geometric parameters on the resistance curve and toughness of the hybrid structure is discussed, based on the numerical results from the developed theoretical formulae. The results provide a useful insight into the strengthening/toughening and the design of FRP sheet/concrete beam structures.     

Explicit local buckling analysis and design of fiber–reinforced plastic composite structural shapes

Pultruded fiber–reinforced plastic (FRP) composite structural shapes (beams and columns) are thin-walled open or closed sections consisting of assemblies of flat plates and commonly made of E-glass fiber and either polyester or vinylester resins. Due to high strength-to-stiffness ratio of composites and thin-walled sectional geometry of FRP shapes, buckling is the most likely mode of failure before material failure. In this paper, explicit analyses of local buckling of rectangular orthotropic composite plates with various unloaded edge boundary conditions (i.e., (1) rotationally restrained along both unloaded edges (RR), and (2) one rotationally restrained and the other free along the unloaded edges (RF)) and subjected to uniform in-plane axial action at simply-supported loaded edges are first presented. A variational formulation of the Ritz method is used to establish an eigenvalue problem, and explicit solutions of plate local buckling coefficients in term of the rotational restraint stiffness (k) are obtained. The two cases of rotationally restrained plates (i.e., the RR and RF plates) are further treated as discrete plates of closed and open sections, and by considering the effect of elastic restraints at the joint connections of flanges and webs, the local buckling of different FRP shapes under uniform axial compression is studied. The approximate expressions of the rotational restraint stiffness (k) for various common FRP sections are provided, and their application to sectional local buckling predictions is illustrated. The explicit local buckling formulas of rotationally restrained plates are validated with the exact transcendental solutions. The analytical predictions for local buckling of various FRP profiles based on the present discrete plate analysis and considering the elastic restraints of the flange–web connections are in excellent agreements with available experimental results and finite element eigenvalue analyses. A design guideline for local buckling prediction and related performance improvement is proposed. The present explicit formulation can be applied effectively to determine the local buckling capacities of composite plates with elastic restraints along the unloaded edges and can be further used to predict the local buckling strength of FRP shapes.     

基体非线性对单向玻璃纤维增强复合材料压缩性能的影响

通过微观测试研究单向玻璃纤维增强复合材料(FRP)的纵向压缩破坏．并建立一个与纤维体积、基体和纤维的性质有关的模型来预测FRP的纵向压缩强度．实验中，设计了一个特殊加载装置用来放在Leitz光学仪器下观察压缩破坏过程，观察到一些纤维首先弯折，然后引起相邻纤维弯折系列响应，最后导致整个试件压缩破坏．强度预测与实验结果吻合较好，结果表明当纤维有微挠度特别是有微弯曲时，压缩强度与基体的非线性有关．     

纤维增强塑料筋混凝土梁受弯性能的计算方法

在试验研究的基础上，结合纤维增强塑料筋混凝土梁的受弯破坏特点，探讨了纤维增强塑料筋混凝土梁的非线性全过程数值分析方法。通过对受压区和受拉区混凝土应力－应变关系曲线的简化，建立了纤维增强塑料筋混凝土梁弯距曲率的计算模式，提出了纤维增强塑料筋混凝土梁弯距曲率的简化计算公式以及相应的荷载挠度的计算公式。将该简化方法、非线性全过程数值分析方法与试验数据进行了比较分析，三者符合较好。     

FRP筋与混凝土粘结性能研究进展及本构模型改进

近年来,FRP（纤维增强聚合物）筋代替钢筋在混凝土结构中得到越来越广泛的应用。与钢筋相比,FRP筋具有各向异性、非均质、表面形式不同等特性,这导致FRP筋与混凝土之间的粘结机制不同于钢筋与混凝土。为全面了解FRP筋与混凝土之间的粘结性能,收集数据建立由342个拉拔试验试件组成的数据库,分析粘结性能与各因素之间的关系,对没有达成一致结论的观点进行补充和讨论,分析高温、冻融循环、电解质溶液对FRP筋与混凝土粘结性能的影响;校核常用的粘结-滑移本构模型的计算精度,基于建立的试验数据库,提出新的精度更高的粘结-滑移本构上升段表达式。     

高延性FRP加固RC矩形柱抗震性能

为了研究地震作用下高延性纤维增强复合材料(large-rupture-strain fiber reinforced polymer,LRS FRP)加固非延性钢筋混凝土(reinforced concrete,RC)方柱的抗震性能,对7个FRP加固RC方柱进行了拟静力试验.试验试件包括1根对比柱,1根碳纤维(carb...