Bond Performance of Sand Coated UHM CFRP Tendons in High Performance Concrete

Autor: Michele Griffa, Francesco Messina, Pietro Lura, Giovanni P. Terrasi, Tobias Dominik Lämmlein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Polymers; Volume 9; Issue 2; Pages: 78
Polymers, Vol 9, Iss 2, p 78 (2017)
Polymers, 9 (2)
Polymers
ISSN: 2073-4360
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000191206
Popis: The bond behaviour of novel, sand-coated ultra-high modulus (UHM) carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) tendons to high performance concrete (HPC) was studied by a combined numerical and experimental approach. A series of pull-out tests revealed that the failure type can vary between sudden and continuous pull-out depending on the chosen sand coating grain size. Measuring the same shear stress vs. tendon draw-in (τ-δ) curves in the same test set-up, for sand coated CFRP tendons with a longitudinal stiffness of 137 and 509 GPa, respectively, indicated that the absolute bond strength in both cases was not influenced by the tendon’s stiffness. However, the τ-δ curves significantly differed in terms of the draw-in rate, showing higher draw-in rate for the UHM CFRP tendon. With the aid of X-ray computed tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and visual analysis methods, the bond failure interface was located between the CFRP tendon and the surrounding sand-epoxy layer. For further investigation, a simplified finite element analysis (FEA) of the tendon pull-out was performed using a cohesive surface interaction model and the software Abaqus 6.14. A parametric study, varying the tendon-related material properties, revealed the tendon’s longitudinal stiffness to be the only contributor to the difference in the τ-δ curves found in the experiments, thus to the shear stress transfer behaviour between the CFRP tendon and the concrete. In conclusion, the excellent bond of the sand-coated UHM CFRP tendons to HPC as well as the deeper insight in the bond failure mechanism encourages the application of UHM CFRP tendons for prestressing applications.
Polymers, 9 (2)
ISSN:2073-4360
Databáze: OpenAIRE