FRP or steel plate-to-concrete bonded joints: effect of test methods on experimental bond strength

JF Chen, James Yang, GD Holt

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Abstract

The strengthening of reinforced concrete structures using externally bonded steel or advancedrnfibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites is becoming increasingly common. A key factor affecting thernbehaviour and reliability of such strengthened structures is the bond strength between the steel or FRP platernand the concrete substrate. Several different experimental set-ups have previously been used to determinernbond strength. This paper presents a careful finite element analysis of the stress distributions in these testrnset-ups. Results show that stress distributions can be significantly different for different set-ups, for similarrnmaterials and geometry.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-244
JournalSteel and Composite Structures
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bond strength
  • bond test
  • concrete
  • finite element method
  • FRP
  • shear test
  • steel plate
  • strengthening
  • test method

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