Journal
ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages 1357-1374Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1369433216677998
Keywords
composite beam; elevated temperature; fibre-reinforced polymer bolts; flexural behaviour; glass fibre-reinforced polymer; short-span bridge; ultra-high-strength fibre-reinforced concrete
Funding
- Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
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Composite beams consisting of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) I-beams and ultra-high-strength fibre-reinforced concrete (UFC) slabs have been developed for use in short-span bridges. Fibre-reinforced polymer bolts (fibre-reinforced polymer threaded rods) and epoxy adhesive were used to connect the UFC slab to the GFRP I-beam. The authors conducted material tests and large-scale static bending tests at room and elevated temperatures (less than 90 degrees C) to investigate the flexural behaviour of GFRP-UFC composite beams subjected to elevated temperature. The test results demonstrated that the mechanical properties of the GFRP I-beams, fibre-reinforced polymer bolts and epoxy adhesive were significantly deteriorated at elevated temperatures due to the glass transition of their polymer resin matrices. As a result, the stiffness and ultimate flexural capacity of the GFRP-UFC composite beams under elevated temperatures were significantly reduced. More than 85% of the flexural capacity of the GFRP-UFC composite beams was retained up to 60 degrees C but that was decreased to 50% at 90 degrees C. Fibre model analysis results confirmed that the stiffness of the GFRP-UFC composite beams is not significantly affected by actual hot environments, where there is a moderate temperature gradient across the beam cross-section.
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