Effect of Test Methods on Plate-to-Concrete Bond Strength
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Published:2001
J.F. Chen, Z.J. Yang, X.M. Pan, G.D. Holt, 2001. "Effect of Test Methods on Plate-to-Concrete Bond Strength", FRPRCS-5: Fibre-reinforced plastics for reinforced concrete structures Volume 1: Proceedings of the fifth international conference on fibre-reinforced plastics for reinforced concrete structures, Cambridge, UK, 16–18 July 2001, Chris J. Burgoyne
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The strengthening of reinforced concrete structures using externally bonded steel or advanced fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites is becoming increasingly common in civil engineering applications. A key factor affecting the behaviour and reliability of such strengthened structures is the bond strength between the steel or FRP plate and the concrete substrate. Several different experimental set-ups have previously been used to determine bond strength. Within this paper, a finite element analysis on the stress distributions in these test set-ups is presented. Results show that stress distribution can be significantly different among different set-ups, for similar materials and geometry.
INTRODUCTION
BOND STRENGTH TEST METHODS
FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING
EFFECT OF TEST METHODS
CONCLUSIONS
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