Seismic repair and rehabilitation of a shear-failure damaged circular bridge column using carbon fiber reinforced plastic jacketing

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 819-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeou-Fong Li ◽  
Yi-Ying Sung

In this paper, the analytical and experimental results of tests on a benchmark and a damaged circular bridge column are presented. The benchmark column is a 40% scale reinforced concrete circular bridge column damaged as a result of shear failure during a cyclic-loading test; the benchmark column was then repaired by epoxy and non-shrinkage mortar and rehabilitated by carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) after the cyclic-loading test. The benchmark bridge column is tested under a cyclic-loading test with constant axial load. The result shows that the column suffered shear failure at low displacement ductility. Non-shrinkage mortar with high-pressure epoxy injection was used to repair the damaged bridge column, and then three-layer CFRP was used to rehabilitate the shear strength of the bridge column. The test result shows that the repaired and rehabilitated column develops significantly improved hys ter etic responses at high displacement ductility. The analytical lateral force – displacement relationship of the bridge columns can accurately predict the experimental result, especially in the nonlinear region.Key words: carbon fiber reinforced plastic, repair and rehabilitation, bridge column.

2015 ◽  
Vol 825-826 ◽  
pp. 968-975
Author(s):  
Peter Haefele ◽  
Oscar Herrera

In order to meet the increasing lightweight requirements, the application of fiber reinforced plastics is indispensable. To ensure the structural durability of the car or machine under operational conditions, it is essential to know the long term behavior of carbon fiber reinforced plastic material (CFRP) under the numerous influencing factors under fatigue loading. For a reliable safety assessment of the car structure under operational conditions, the degradation of the stiffness and of the static strength after a certain damage due to cyclic loading is of particular importance. The paper covers the loss of stiffness and remaining strength as a function of fatigue damage for specimen and components under membrane, shear and bending loading. The tests are done using different layer set-ups (unidirectional, angle ply, quasiisotropic) and various loading conditions (membrane, shear and bending loading). In order to account for the transferability, the tests are carried out using specimen and components (hat sections). Both specimen and components show a significant loss in strength and stiffness.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 576
Author(s):  
Liang Luo ◽  
Jie Lai ◽  
Jun Shi ◽  
Guorui Sun ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
...  

This paper investigates the working performance of reinforcement concrete (RC) beams strengthened by Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) with different anchoring under bending moment, based on the structural stressing state theory. The measured strain values of concrete and Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sheet are modeled as generalized strain energy density (GSED), to characterize the RC beams’ stressing state. Then the Mann–Kendall (M–K) criterion is applied to distinguish the characteristic loads of structural stressing state from the curve, updating the definition of structural failure load. In addition, for tested specimens with middle anchorage and end anchorage, the torsion applied on the anchoring device and the deformation width of anchoring device are respectively set parameters to analyze their effects on the reinforcement performance of CFRP sheet through comparing the strain distribution pattern of CFRP. Finally, in order to further explore the strain distribution of the cross-section and analyze the stressing-state characteristics of the RC beam, the numerical shape function (NSF) method is proposed to reasonably expand the limited strain data. The research results provide a new angle of view to conduct structural analysis and a reference to the improvement of reinforcement effect of CFRP.


2021 ◽  
pp. 073168442098359
Author(s):  
Luyao Xu ◽  
Jiuru Lu ◽  
Kangmei Li ◽  
Jun Hu

In this article, a micro-heterogeneous material simulation model with carbon fiber and resin phase about laser ablation on carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is established by Ansys. The ablation process of CFRP by nanosecond ultraviolet laser is simulated, and the mechanism of pulse energy and spot spacing on the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is studied, then the process parameters are optimized with the goal of HAZ size and processing efficiency, and finally the validity of the model is verified by experiments. It is found that the residual gradient and the width of the radial HAZ increase with the increase of the spot spacing, and the width of the axial HAZ decreases slightly with the increase of the spot spacing, which indicates the existence of the optimal spot spacing. Second, the ablation depth increases with the increase of the pulse energy, and the carbon fiber retains a relatively complete degree of exposure when the pulse energy is low, which has a certain guiding significance for the cleaning and bonding of CFRP.


2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kasimzade ◽  
S. Tuhta

Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Examination of Reinforced Composites Beams Covered with Carbon Fiber Reinforced PlasticIn the article, analytical, numerical (Finite Element Method) and experimental investigation results of beam that was strengthened with fiber reinforced plastic-FRP composite has been given as comparative, the effect of FRP wrapping number to the maximum load and moment capacity has been evaluated depending on this results. Carbon FRP qualitative dependences have been occurred between wrapping number and beam load and moment capacity for repair-strengthen the reinforced concrete beams with carbon fiber. Shown possibilities of application traditional known analysis programs, for the analysis of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) strengthened structures.


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