Analytical Solution for Fracture Analysis of CFRP Sheet–Strengthened Cracked Concrete Beams
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 136, Issue 10
Abstract
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials have been widely used in the field of retrofitting. Theoretical analysis of FRP plate- or sheet-strengthened cracked concrete beams is necessary for estimating service reliability of the structural members. In previous studies, the effect of a perfectly bonded FRP plate or sheet was equivalent to a cohesive force acting at the bottom of crack to delay the crack propagation in concrete and reduce the crack width. However, delamination between FRP and cracked beam is inevitable due to interfacial shear stress concentration at the bottom of crack. The intention of this paper is to present an analytical solution for fracture analysis of carbon FRP (CFRP) sheet–strengthened cracked concrete beams by considering both vertical crack propagation in concrete and interfacial debonding at CFRP-concrete interface. The interfacial debonding is modeled as the interfacial shear crack propagation in this paper. Four different stages are discussed after initial cracking state of the concrete. At the first stage, only fictitious crack propagation occurs in the concrete. At the second stage, macrocrack propagates in the concrete without interfacial debonding. At the third stage, both vertical macrocrack propagation in the concrete and horizontal shear crack propagation at the CFRP-concrete interface occur in the strengthened beam. The tensile stress in the CFRP sheet and interfacial shear stress along the span are formulated based on the deformation compatibility condition at the CFRP-concrete interface at this stage. Finally, macroshear crack propagates at the interface until the CFRP sheet is completely peeled out from the beam, and then the member is fractured. The applied load is determined as a function of the referred two crack lengths at different stages. At the beginning, the applied load increases to one peak value with the full propagation of fictitious crack at the first stage. At the third stage, the applied load is improved to another peak value due to the relatively high cohesive effect of the CFRP sheet. Then the two peak values are determined by the Lagrange multiplier method. The validity of the proposed analytical solution is verified with the experimental results and numerical simulations. It can be concluded that the proposed analytical solution can predict the load-bearing capacity of CFRP sheet-strengthened cracked concrete beams with reasonable accuracy.
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Acknowledgments
The writers gratefully acknowledge that the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. NNSFC50578025) has supported this work.
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Received: Jul 14, 2008
Accepted: Feb 23, 2010
Published online: Sep 15, 2010
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