Fatigue of CFRPs externally bonded to concrete

Autor: P. Hamelin, David Bigaud, Emmanuel Ferrier, K. W. Neale, L. Bizindavyi
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Materials and Structures. 38:39-46
ISSN: 1871-6873
1359-5997
DOI: 10.1007/bf02480573
Popis: The external bonding of fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) to concrete beams is a particularly attractive rehabilitation technique for increasing or restoring the strength of existing reinforced concrete flexural members. The durability and the performance of FRP-strengthened structures subjected to cyclic loading depend directly on the fatigue behaviour of the FRP itself, as well as on that of the FRP-to-concrete interface. This paper aims at increasing the database on the fatigue behaviour of these types of reinforcement using two test set-ups developed in two distinct research laboratories. The primary purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology for the determination of the value of the allowable shear bond strength (fadh,v,u) and the tensile FRP strength (ff,u) as a function of the numbers of cycles of loading. Results from an experimental investigation on the cyclic behaviour of single-lap and double-lap CFRP-concrete joints are reported. For both types of test set-up, the cyclic bond stress-slip relations are presented and discussed. Analytical S-N relations (cyclic stress range vs. the number of cycles to failure) are proposed.
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