Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2021, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (10): 70-77.doi: 10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.210049

Special Issue: 2021年土木建筑工程

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Numerical Analysis of Fatigue Performance of Prestressed CFRP Reinforced RC Beams in Hygrothermal Environments

LUO Yi ZHANG Xiang GUO Xinyan   

  1. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2021-01-27 Revised:2021-03-05 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: 郭馨艳 ( 1971-) ,女,博士,副教授,主要从事疲劳断裂、FRP 工程材料等研究。 E-mail:xyguo@scut.edu.cn
  • About author:罗毅 ( 1968-) ,男,博士,教授,主要从事疲劳断裂力学及可靠性研究。E-mail:debulo@scut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 11872185)

Abstract: Most parts of south China are located in subtropical region,where hygrothermal environment will reduce the performance of prestressed CFRP reinforced RC structure. In order to explore the influence of hygrothermal environment on the fatigue performance of prestressed CFRP reinforced RC structure,the failure criterions were established in the paper based on the two failure modes of main reinforcement fracture and debonding failure of CFRPconcrete interface under the combined action of hygrothermal environment and fatigue load and the fatigue performance of prestressed CFRP reinforced RC beams in hygrothermal environment was analyzed by numerical analysis. The results show that the fatigue performance of the reinforced beams will be reduced in hygrothermal environment, and the effect of increasing the prestress degree of CFRP on the predicted life of the beams presents two circumstances. When the RC beams are damaged due to the failure of the main reinforcement,the increase of prestress degree can significantly increase the predicted life of the RC beams. However,when the beam is damaged due to the interface debonding,excessive prestress will reduce the life expectancy of RC beams.

Key words: hygrothermal environment, prestressed CFRP, fatigue load, RC beam, numerical analysis

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