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Environmental Durability of Reinforced Concrete Deck Girders Strengthened for Shear with Surface-Bonded Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
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2009-05-01
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Abstract:This research investigated the durability of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (CFRP) used for shear strengthening reinforced
concrete deck girders. Large beams were used to avoid accounting for size effects in the data analysis. The effort included determining
the role of freeze-thaw, moisture, and fatigue on structural performance and developing analytical design procedures that account for
durability.
The results showed that moisture infiltration behind the CFRP, combined with freeze-thaw, was critical in reducing shear panel stiffness
and shear capacity. Long-term moisture exposure alone produced only a minor decrease in shear capacity. Freeze-thaw, combined with
fatigue, had little effect on shear capacity if water infiltration was minimized. Fatigue caused some debonding, but the debonding was
not significant enough to affect capacity.
Use of ACI-318 with ACI 440 provided conservative predicted shear strengths after environmental exposure. However, the ACI approach
did not provide uniform levels of safety because the observed conservatism was built into the prediction for the unstrengthened base
specimens but not for the CFRP contribution. Consequently, a recommendation of the research is to apply the environmental exposure
factor at the final design step to limit the effective CFRP stress/strain. For locations with very large numbers of wet freeze-thaw cycles
and extended exposure to continuous moisture, the environmental reduction factors should be reduced even further. To better predict the
CFRP bond strength demands that can occur due to shear-moment interaction, a further check of the design should be made beyond those
required by ACI-440.
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