کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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773987 | 1462989 | 2013 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A bi-axially loaded shear wall and two fatigue-damaged concrete-encased steel girders are experimentally tested using a retrofit technique that utilizes a newly developed composite wrap. The composite, which is being termed “CarbonFlex,” helps to stabilize the propagation of damage, specifically fracture, in retrofitted beams and a shear wall via an energy dissipation mechanism, resulting in significant ductility and confinement, and high-strength sustainability. The CarbonFlex-retrofitted shear wall had been initially damaged to a level corresponding to 40% of its peak strength under bi-axial loading (constant vertical load and quasi-static cyclic lateral load). Following the CarbonFlex-retrofit, the capacity doubled to 80% of its original strength while exhibiting significant ductility and having tremendously improved confinement. The fatigue-damaged beams are retrofitted using conventional carbon–fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs), and then, separately, using the new prototype CarbonFlex composite. The latter beam sustained over 68% of its peak strength following dissipation of the initial shock energy of the fractured welds of the encased steel girder; the beam also exhibited significant displacement ductility, having an ultimate displacement three times that of its CFRP counterpart.
► An RC shear wall was tested using quasi-static pushover, and then the damaged specimen was retrofitted and retested.
► Two fatigue- damaged SRC girders were retrofitted and tested comparatively with CarbonFlex and the conventional CFRP.
► The analytical results of the girders obtained by a self-developed computer algorithm matched closely with the experiments.
► The mechanisms by which the newly developed CarbonFlex was able to provide a large damage tolerance was discussed.
Journal: Engineering Failure Analysis - Volume 35, 15 December 2013, Pages 219–233