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Xin Sha1,2, James S Davidson1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
Abstract:
Composite beam theory was previously developed to establish an analytical solution for determining the transfer length of prestressed fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) tendons in pretensioned concrete members. In the present study, a novel finite element (FE) modeling approach is proposed to provide further verification of the developed analytical method. The present FE model takes into account the friction coefficients obtained from pull-out tests on the FRP tendons and prestressed concrete members. Convergence analysis of two numerical simulations with different mesh densities is carried out as well. The results demonstrated that the transfer length predicted by the fine FE model with a friction coefficient of α = 0.3 for high pretension is in good agreement with the measured values and the analytical solutions. The consistency between the analytical solution and FE simulation not only further proves the reliability of composite beam theory but also demonstrates the importance of the bond-slip relationship in predicting the transfer length of pretensioned concrete members prestressed with FRP tendons.
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