Experimental Study on the Fatigue Behavior of Steel Beams Strengthened with Different Fiber-Reinforced Composite Plates
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 16, Issue 2
Abstract
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the fatigue behavior of artificially notched steel beams strengthened with four different types of materials tested under equivalent tensile stiffness. These materials include high-modulus carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (HM-CFRP) plate, high-strength CFRP (HS-CFRP) plate, steel-wire basalt-fiber-reinforced polymer (SW-BFRP) plate, and welded steel plate. Some key parameters, such as material type, the number of HS-CFRP layers, the configuration of HS-CFRP, and the interface treatment of SW-BFRP, are discussed. Compared to the traditional welded steel-plate method, the test results show that the application of a fiber-reinforced composite plate can not only delay crack initiation, decrease the crack growth rate, and prolong the fatigue life, but also reduce the stiffness decay and residual deflection. HM-CFRP exhibited the best strengthening performance; however, SW-BFRP is the optimal strengthening material on the basis of the cost–performance ratio. The fatigue behavior of steel beams can be improved significantly by increasing the layers of strengthening material. SW-BFRP with a rough surface can prolong the fatigue life of steel beams more effectively than SW-BFRP with a smooth surface. The plate configuration has certain effects on the fatigue life.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the National Science Foundation of China (No. 51078077, 51178099), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB026200), and the National Key Technology R&D Program of China in the 12th Five-Year Plan (No. 2011BAB03B09). Supplementary support was provided by the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation of China (No. 122011) to Gang Wu.
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 16 • Issue 2 • April 2012
Pages: 127 - 137
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 31, 2011
Accepted: Aug 1, 2011
Published online: Aug 3, 2011
Published in print: Apr 1, 2012
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