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Computer simulations of end-tapering anchorages of EBR FRP-strengthened prestressed concrete slabs at service conditions
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Wattanapanich, Chirawat, Imjai, Thanongsak, Garcia, Reyes, Rahim, Nur Liza, Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Sandu, Andrei Victor, Vizureanu, Petrica, Matasaru, Petre Daniel and Thomas, Blessen Skariah (2023) Computer simulations of end-tapering anchorages of EBR FRP-strengthened prestressed concrete slabs at service conditions. Materials, 16 (2). 851. doi:10.3390/ma16020851 ISSN 1996-1944.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020851
Abstract
This article examines numerically the behavior of prestressed reinforced concrete slabs strengthened with externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) consisting of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets. The non-linear finite element (FE) program Abaqus® is used to model EBR FRP-strengthened prestressed concrete slabs tested previously in four-point bending. After the calibration of the computational models, a parametric study is then conducted to assess the influence of the FRP axial stiffness (thickness and modulus of elasticity) on the interfacial normal and shear stresses. The numerical analysis results show that increasing the thickness or the elastic modulus of the FRP strengthening affects the efficiency of the FRP bonding and makes it susceptible to earlier debonding failures. A tapering technique is proposed in wet lay-up applications since multiple FRP layers are often required. It is shown that by gradually decreasing the thickness of the FRP strengthening, the concentration of stress along the plate end can be reduced, and thus, the overall strengthening performance is maximized. The tapering is successful in reducing the bond stress concentrations by up to 15%, which can be sufficient to prevent concrete rip-off and peel-off debonding failure modes. This article contributes towards a better understanding of the debonding phenomena in FRP-strengthened elements in flexure and towards the development of more efficient computational tools to analyze such structures.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Concrete slabs -- Computer simulation, Prestressed concrete construction -- Computer simulation, Anchorage (Structural engineering) -- Computer simulation | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Materials | |||||||||
| Publisher: | M D P I AG | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1996-1944 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 15 January 2023 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 16 | |||||||||
| Number: | 2 | |||||||||
| Article Number: | 851 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/ma16020851 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 February 2023 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 February 2023 | |||||||||
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