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Bond-slip relations for PBO-FRCM materials externally bonded to concrete

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 43; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.06.002

1879-1069

Angelo D’Ambrisi, Luciano Feo, Francesco Focacci,

Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures often need to be repaired, strengthened and upgraded to satisfy current code requirements. In recent years many interventions have been done bonding composite materials to the surface of existing RC elements. The structural effectiveness of these interventions strongly depends on the bond between the strengthening material and the concrete and on the mechanical properties of the concrete cover. In this paper the bond between fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) materials made out of a poliparafenilenbenzobisoxazole (PBO) net embedded in a cement based matrix and the concrete is analytically analyzed with reference to the approach generally adopted for the fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) materials, which is based on the local bond-slip relation between the strengthening fibers and the supporting concrete. A local bond-slip relation is calibrated on the base of the results of an experimental investigation previously performed by the authors. The bond-slip relation is essential in the modeling of the structural behavior of RC elements strengthened with PBO-FRCM, in that it allows to calculate the force that can be transferred to the concrete, the effective anchorage length, the concrete cracks distance and opening.