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Experimental Study on One-Way BFRP Bar-Reinforced UHPC Slabs under Concentrated Load
Xiaoqing Xu1,2, Zhujian Hou3
1School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
Abstract:
The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars and ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) in the field of civil engineering is promising. An innovative FRP bar-reinforced UHPC short-ribbed bridge deck slab, with low self-weight and high structural performance, was proposed in this study. The behavior of one-way basalt FRP (BFRP) bar-reinforced UHPC slabs under concentrated load was experimentally investigated, and compared with that of a steel bar-reinforced UHPC slab. The ultimate capacity of the one-way BFRP bar-reinforced UHPC slab was 0.59 times that of the steel bar-reinforced UHPC slab, while its ductility was better. Increasing the reinforcement ratio and loading area was beneficial to the ductility of one-way BFRP bar-reinforced UHPC slabs. Moreover, the model proposed by EI-Gamal et al. was found to be suitable for evaluating the punching shear capacities of one-way BFRP bar-reinforced UHPC slabs. However, the model failed to consider the unique strain-hardening characteristics of UHPC, which led to conservative prediction.
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