Structural performance of hybrid fiber reinforced polymer–concrete bridge superstructure systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael Alnahhal ◽  
Amjad Aref
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1487-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Zhang ◽  
Jun-Liang Zhao ◽  
Tao Huang ◽  
Ning-Yuan Zhang ◽  
Yi-Jie Zhang ◽  
...  

Hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns are a novel form of hollow columns that combine two traditional construction materials (i.e. concrete and steel) with fiber-reinforced polymer composites. Hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns consist of an inner tube made of steel, an outer tube made of fiber-reinforced polymer, and a concrete layer between the two tubes. Existing studies, however, are focused on hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns with fibers of the fiber-reinforced polymer tube oriented in the hoop direction or close to the hoop direction. In order to investigate the effect of fiber angles (i.e. the fiber angle between the fiber orientation and the longitudinal axis of the fiber-reinforced polymer tube), monotonic axial compression tests were conducted on hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns with an fiber-reinforced polymer tube of ±45°, ±60°, or ±80° fiber angles. There were two types of steel tubes adopted for these hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns. The fiber-reinforced polymer tube thickness was also investigated as an important parameter. Experimental results showed that the confinement effect of the fiber-reinforced polymer tube increased with the increase of the absolute value of fiber angles, whereas the ultimate axial strain of hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns decreased with the increase of the absolute value of fiber angles. An existing stress–strain model, which was developed on the basis of hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns with an fiber-reinforced polymer tube of ±90° fiber angles, is verified using the test results of this study. For the compressive strength of the confined concrete in hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer–concrete–steel double-skin tubular columns, the existing model provides conservative predictions for specimens with a ±80° fiber-reinforced polymer tube, overestimated predictions for specimens with a ±60° fiber-reinforced polymer tube, and close predictions for specimens with a ±45° fiber-reinforced polymer tube.


2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 1855-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Lei Wang ◽  
Qing Duo Hao ◽  
Jin Ping Ou

The concept of the fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete composite design was exploited in a new type of bridge superstructure. The proposed FRP-concrete composite bridge superstructure is intended to have durable, structurally sound, and cost effective composite system that will take full advantage of the inherent and complementary properties of FRP material and concrete. As a trial case, a prototype bridge superstructure was designed as a simply supported single-span one-lane bridge with a span length of 10 m. The bridge superstructure consists of two bridge decks and each bridge deck is comprised of four FRP box sections combined with a thin layer of concrete in the compression zone. A test specimen, fabricated as a one-third scale model of the prototype bridge superstructure, was subjected to four-points loading to simulate the two heaviest axles of the Chinese design truck load. The test results indicate that the proposed bridge model meets the stiffness requirement and has significant reserve strength.


2021 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 01172
Author(s):  
G. Prashanth Naik ◽  
K Hemalatha ◽  
Srikanth Konik

This paper present the experimental result of flexural behavior of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer (HFRP) concrete beams reinforced with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) rebars and steel bars. This experiment is conducted with the aim of replacing steel reinforcement with GFRP rebars to reduce the risk of corrosion of steel in concrete structures. The data presented in this study is obtained by conducting flexural test experiment on four beams of HFRP beams with various PVA fibre dosage of 0%, 0.25% and 0.5% and one Pure FRP beam. Fly ash is added by 25% in the mix as a mineral admixture to control the shrinkage cracks. The test result showed that by addition of PVA fibre in HFRP concrete enhance the mechanical properties of beam like deflections, ductility, load carrying capacity and flexural capacity. The optimum dosage of PVA fibre is 0.25%. which improve flexural strength by 200% and 31.1% and ductility increased by 112.2% and 55.12% as compared with Pure FRP beam and HFRP beam without PVA fibre.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1079-1080 ◽  
pp. 258-265
Author(s):  
Chen Ning Cai ◽  
Shan He ◽  
Li Na Liu ◽  
Shi Kun Ou

Thispaper presents an experimental study to strengthen an existing bridge usingpre-stressed carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer(GFRP) materials. The method using pre-stressed hybrid fiber reinforced polymer(HFRP) to strengthened structural members is an emerging pre-stressed strengtheningtechnology. In this study, experimental data selected from result of staticloading test conducted to hollow slabs with CFRP/GFRP has been compared with specimenswithout strengthening. Test results showed that the strengthening methoddeveloped in this study could effectively reduce the stress in hollow slab,improving the flexural rigidity and inhibiting the concrete from fracture.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 549-552
Author(s):  
Yan Lei Wang ◽  
Qing Duo Hao ◽  
Jin Ping Ou

A new form of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete composite beam is proposed in this study. The proposed composite beam consists of a GFRP box beam combined with a thin layer of concrete in the compression zone. The interaction between the GFRP beam and the concrete was obtained by bonding coarse-sand on the top flange of the GFRP beam. One GFRP box beam and one GFRP-concrete composite beam were investigated in four-point bending test. Load-deflection response, mid-span longitudinal strain distributions and interface slip between GFRP beam and the concrete for the proposed composite beam were studied. Following conclusions are drawn from this study: (1) the stiffness and strength of the composite beam has been significantly increased, and the cost-to-stiffness ratio of the composite beam has been drastically reduced comparing with GFRP-only box beam; (2) a good composite action has been achieved between the GFRP beam and the concrete; (3) crushing of concrete in compression defines flexural collapse of the proposed composite beam..


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