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Flexural performance of prefabricated U‑shaped UHPC permanent formwork-concrete composite beams reinforced with FRP bars

Ge Wenjie, Zhang Zhiwen, Ashour Ashraf, Guan Zhongwei, Jiang Hongbo, Sun Chuanzhi, Qiu Linfeng, Yao Shan, Cao Dafu

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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2023

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Vol. 23, no. 2

art. no. e108, 2023

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Finite-element (FE) analysis of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced concrete beams cast in U-shaped ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) permanent formworks is presented in this paper. Concrete damage plasticity (CDP) and FRP brittle damage models were used to simulate the damage behavior of concrete and FRP bars. The results of FE simulation are in good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, parametric studies were conducted to investigate the effect of concrete and UHPC strengths, yield strength of steel bars, elastic modulus of FRP bars, ultimate tensile strength of FRP bars, types of UHPC-normal strength concrete (NSC) interface and thickness of UHPC under different reinforcement conditions. Flexural performances, in terms of cracking, yield, ultimate loads and corresponding deflections, failure mode, energy dissipation and ductility, were investigated. Traction-separation model was used to describe the bonding degradation and the maximum slip of two types of bonding interfaces (smooth surface and medium-rough surface). Both flexural capacity and resistance to deformation of composite beams are significantly improved by the utilization of hybrid FRP/steel reinforcement. The UHPC formwork can also delay the occurrence and development of cracks. By appropriately increasing the strength of UHPC or elastic modulus of FRP bar, the flexural capacity of composite beams is effectively improved. It is expected that the results presented in this paper can guide the design and construction of U-shaped UHPC permanent formwork-concrete composite beams reinforced with FRP bars.

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The effect of freeze-thaw cycles on flexural behaviour of FRP-reinforced ECC beams

Wang Yi, Wang Guan, Guan Zhongwei, Ashour Ashraf, Ge Wenjie, Zhang Pu, Lu Weigang, Cao Dafu

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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2021

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Vol. 21, no. 3

265--288

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This paper presents experimental and theoretical investigations on the flexural utilised of FRP (fibre-reinforced polymer) rebar-reinforced ECC (engineered cementitious composite) beams subjected to freeze–thaw cycles. Eight FRP-reinforced specimens after subjected to 0, 50, 100 and 150 cycles of freeze–thaw were tested to failure under flexural loading. Experimental results show that the moment capacity decreases with the increase of freeze–thaw cycles regardless of the material used, but the decreasing rate of the reinforced ECC specimen is lower than that of the conventional reinforced concrete specimen. The bearing capacity, deflection and crack width of the reinforced ECC specimens under quasi-permanent combination of moments are 1.13 ~ 1.21, 0.66 ~ 0.90 and 0.71 times of those of the conventional reinforced concrete specimens, respectively. Due to the excellent tensile and durability performance of ECC materials, bearing capacity, stiffness and crack resistance of FRP-reinforced ECC beams are enhanced compared with their conventional counterparts, particularly with more freeze–thaw cycles. Based on the formulae from ACI 440 and GB 50608, taking into account of the contribution of ECC material and balanced reinforcement ratio, the simplified formulae are developed to estimate the moment capacity and stiffness of the FRP-reinforced ECC beams. The results predicted on the moment capacity and deflection are in good agreement with the corresponding experimental measurements.

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Flexural performance of concrete beams reinforced with steel-FRP composite bars

Ge Wenjie, Wang Yanming, Ashour Ashraf, Lu Weigang, Cao Dafu

Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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2020

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Vol. 20, no. 2

380--396

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Flexural performance of concrete beams reinforced with steel–FRP composite bar (SFCB) was investigated in this paper. Eight concrete beams reinforced with different bar types, namely one specimen reinforced with steel bars, one with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars and four with SFCBs, while the last two with hybrid FRP/steel bars, were tested to failure. Test results showed that SFCB/hybrid reinforced specimens exhibited improved stiffness, reduced crack width and larger bending capacity compared with FRP-reinforced specimen. According to compatibility of strains, materials’ constitutive relationships and equilibrium of forces, two balanced situations, three different failure modes and balanced reinforcement ratios as well as analytical technique for predicting the whole loading process are developed. Simplified formulas for effective moment of inertia and crack width are also proposed. The predicted results are closely correlated with the test results, confirming the validity of the proposed formulas for practical use.