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Ce Wang1, Shuai Guan2, Md Sabbrojjaman2
1CCCC Highway Consultants Co., Ltd., No. 33, Dongsiqiancaomian Alley 33, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.
Abstract:
Prestressed concrete structures have witnessed widespread use in building and infrastructure applications during the last two decades due to their high stiffness and strength indices. However, structural failures caused by the corrosion of steel reinforcing bars or strands have proliferated, opening the door for carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands as an excellent alternative with high corrosion resistance. The bonding interaction between the CFRP strands and concrete is the fundamental parameter in shaping the structural behaviour of CFRP prestressed concrete structures. In this paper, the bonding behaviour between CFRP strands and concrete with grouting admixture is experimentally investigated based on three groups of standard pull-out tests. The bond strength of CFRP strands was systematically studied and compared against steel strands. The untreated CFRP strands exhibited an inefficient bonding strength with the grouting admixture, equivalent to only 5% compared to steel strands of the same diameter. Surface coating with epoxy quartz sand can significantly improve the anchoring efficiency of CFRP strands up to 14 times compared to the untreated strands, which is approximately as efficient as steel strands. Moreover, the bond-slip curves between CFRP strands and concrete were analysed and were found to be different compared to steel strands. Finally, this study proposed bond-slip constitutive models of CFRP strands with better applicability, using an exponentially damped sine function to fit the residual segment of the curve.
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