Analysis of Interface Properties of Hybrid Pre-stressed Strengthening RC Beams with Crack
- School of Civil Engineering and transportation, South China Univ. of Tech., Guangzhou 510040, Guangdong (China)
- Faculty of Civil and transportation Engineering, Guangdong Univ. of Tech., Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong (China)
A finite element (FE) analysis model of interface layer is established for the pre-stressed CFS-GFS hybrid strengthened beams. An elastic solution for the interfacial stress in the adhesive layer of the retrofitted beams is developed as well. The analytical results were compared with the FE results of interfacial stresses in the beams with different thickness of the adhesive and the fibre sheet. Different heights of Cracks in the interfacial layer of the concrete beam are considered in FE Model. Analysis results show the strengthening pattern is of excellent interface performance and the strength of the fiber sheet can be effectively utilized. The results also indicate the shear and normal stresses in the interfacial layer of the concrete beam release at the locations of the cracks and reach the maximal value before the concrete cracked. The shear and normal stresses in the adhesive layer increase abruptly, and the cracks in the adhesive layer then appear. The axial stresses of hybrid fiber sheet near the cracks decrease locally at the sites of the concrete cracks.
- OSTI ID:
- 21361989
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1233, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international symposium on computational mechanics; 12. international conference on the enhancement and promotion of computational methods in engineering and science, Hong Kong (Hong Kong); Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2009; 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3452286; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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