Book chapter
Interface durability of construction materials externally reinforced with FRP composites
Long Term Durability of Structural Materials, pp.57-68
Elsevier Science Ltd
2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116513
Abstract
This chapter presents a comprehensive study on service performance and fracture of construction materials externally reinforced with fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites. The durability and service performance of FRP wood interface bonds are evaluated using modified ASTM D2559. Interface fracture toughness data, under both dry and wet conditions, are experimentally obtained by an innovative contoured double cantilever beam (CDCB) specimen. The interface behavior of FRP-concrete assemblies is preliminarily evaluated under Mode-I fracture. To improve the performance and durability of the structures that are built of conventional construction materials (for example, wood and concrete), FRP composites are increasingly being used as reinforcement for wood and concrete. Current applications of wood reinforcement have focused on the use of FRP strips or fabrics bonded to wood members. Two types of FRP-wood reinforcements are applied: FRP strips (plates) bonded to wood (used commercially for glulam timber beams) and wood cores wrapped with FRP by filament winding (being investigated for reinforcement of railroad wood crossties or wood utility poles).
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- Title
- Interface durability of construction materials externally reinforced with FRP composites
- Creators
- Julio F Davalos - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6103, USAPizhong Qiao - Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3905, USA
- Publication Details
- Long Term Durability of Structural Materials, pp.57-68
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900547551801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter