Numerical Study of Effective Bond Length for Externally Bonded CFRP Plate under Cyclic Loading

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    Abstract

    The reliability of bond is crucial to the performance of concrete structures strengthened with externally mounted CFRP plate. This paper presents a detailed description of a finite element model constructed using ABAQUS 6.10-1, to simulate the behaviour of CFRP-to-concrete bonded joints in single shear pull out tests. Nonlinear finite element analysis with the cohesive surface approach for single shear pull out tests was investigated and validated against existing test results (monotonic and post-fatigue) in order to demonstrate the accuracy of the model. The influence of bond length for different carbon fibre plate stiffness on the ultimate load as well as the de-bonding strain for the post-fatigue analysis was investigated and then compared with existing analytical models. The numerical results suggest that existing analytical models can be nonconservativein estimating the FRP effective bond length in the post-fatigue load regime
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 23rd UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering
    EditorsAntonio J Gill, Ruben Sevilla
    Place of PublicationSwansea
    PublisherSwansea University
    Pages359-362
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)978-0-9567462-4-5
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2015
    Event23rd UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - Swansea
    Duration: 8 Apr 201510 Apr 2015
    http://www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/research/acme2015/programmeproceedings/proceedings/

    Conference

    Conference23rd UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering
    CitySwansea
    Period8/04/1510/04/15
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    Keywords

    • Post-fatigue; Effective bond length; CFRP

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