Uniaxial tensile stress-strain behavior of carbon fiber grid reinforced engineered cementitious composites

Zhong-Feng Zhu, Wen-wei Wang, Kent Harries, Yu-Zhou Zheng

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Abstract

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) grid-reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC) have been developed as an alternative to epoxy resin-based FRP plates for the strengthening of concrete structures. To broaden the application of this new composite material for seismic retrofit and strengthening of reinforced concrete elements, an experimental study, including three nonreinforced ECC plates and 30 CFRP grid-reinforced ECC (CFRP-ECC) hybrid plates, was conducted to investigate their mechanical performance under both monotonic and cyclic uniaxial tensile loads. The stiffness of the internal CFRP grid and loading scheme were the two primary test variables. Test results showed that all CFRP-ECC plates failed with a dominate crack in the ECC matrix and rupture of the internal CFRP grid. The envelopes of the cyclic tensile stress-strain curves followed the static stress-stain curves regardless of the cyclic loading scheme adopted. A nonlinear stress-strain model is proposed to model the unloading/reloading paths of CFRP-ECC plates under cyclic uniaxial tensile loading.

Original languageEnglish
Article number04018057
JournalASCE Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume22
Issue number6
Early online date26 Sept 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Axial tension
  • Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) grid
  • Engineered cementitious composites (ECC)
  • Monotonic and cyclic loading
  • Stress-strain relationship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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