Service and Ultimate Load Behavior of Bridge Deck Reinforced with Carbon FRP Grid
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 4, Issue 1
Abstract
A full-scale model of a bridge deck slab isotropically reinforced with 0.3% fiber-reinforced plastic reinforcement (FRP) was tested. The 6 m long slab of 185 mm thickness had two 2 m spans and 1 m cantilevers on both sides. The slab was first loaded monotonically to crack the concrete. Then it was loaded cyclically in three stages of 4 million cycles each at a frequency of 5 Hz, with the load varying between 0 and 100 kN in the first two stages and between 0 and 125 kN in the last. Finally, it was loaded monotonically to failure. Constructability of the slab with the FRP reinforcement was found satisfactory. The cyclic load test shows that deflections and stresses are small, and the degradation indicated by increases in deflections and stresses after 4 million cycles of overloading by 25% is very small. The ultimate load capacity of the slab was at least five times the maximum wheel load of 100 kN, and the failure mode was punching shear. Long-term performance of FRP reinforcement under the combined effect of exposure to the chemical environment and loading needs to be studied to evaluate durability, and hence cost-effectiveness, of FRP reinforcement in bridge decks.
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • February 2000
Pages: 16 - 23
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Received: Sep 9, 1998
Published online: Feb 1, 2000
Published in print: Feb 2000
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