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FRP Composites in Structural Concrete
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FRP Composites in Structural Concrete

A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 9908

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Carlos Chastre

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Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: strengthening of structures; FRP composite structures; stone masonry structures; precast concrete structures; cyclic tests; materials and durability
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Dr. Hugo Biscaia

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Department of Civil Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: fiber reinforced polymers (FRP); concrete; adhesively bonded interfaces; structural mechanics; adhesively bonded structures; frp composites; durability; mechanical testing of materials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) in structural concrete has received considerable interest in the last few decades due to their durability characteristics, high strength–weight and stiffness–weight ratios when compared to other materials. They have been mainly used in the rehabilitation and strengthening of structural elements, such as beams, slabs, columns, walls or connections. However, FRP composites have also been applied in new structural concrete elements as FRP reinforcements, as stay-in-place structural forms, or as prefabricated elements. The FRP composites used in structural concrete are mostly based on carbon fibers, but other fibers such as glass, basalt or aramid have also been subjects of research and applied in the form of wires, rods, bars, profiles, plates, sheets, fabrics, textiles or even in discontinuous fibers.

The research of FRP composites in structural concrete has been dedicated to the experimental, numerical and analytical study of the behaviour of these new materials, when subjected to axial forces, bending moments, shear, torsion, bending with axial forces or punching shear. Phenomena, such as confinement, adhesion or the global performance of the structural elements under the effects of self-weight, live loads or earthquake actions, have been analyzed. Other studies have been devoted to the evaluation of the performance of structural concrete with FRP composites subjected to fire resistance, fatigue and creep tests, or to accelerated environmental tests simulating the salt fog, freeze-thaw cycles, temperature variations or other aggressive agents for these materials.

The behavior of FRP composites in structural concrete requires, nevertheless, further studies and this Special Issue aims to become a forum for active discussion and presentation of new advances concerning this subject. The authors are encouraged to submit innovative contributions on the use of FRP composites in structural concrete. Numerical analyses, analytical solutions and experimental studies involving FRP composites in structural concrete are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre
Dr. Hugo Biscaia
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • FRP composites
  • Structural concrete
  • Innovative strengthening solutions
  • Strengthened structures
  • Concrete Reinforced with FRP Bars
  • Stay-in-place formwork
  • Precast structures
  • Material characterization
  • Numerical, analytical and experimental analyses
  • Static response
  • Dynamic behaviour
  • Adhesively bonded interfaces
  • Debonding process
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Damage
  • Design
  • Recycling
  • Environmental effects
  • Creep
  • Fatigue

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Reinforced Concrete Corbel Strengthened Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Sheets
by Rafael Alves de Souza, Leandro Mouta Trautwein and Mauricio de Pina Ferreira
J. Compos. Sci. 2019, 3(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs3010026 - 15 Mar 2019
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This paper presents and discusses the procedures adopted for repairing and strengthening a damaged reinforced concrete corbel of an industrial biomass boiler. The reinforced concrete corbel was subjected to concrete spalling, favoring the risk of the main tie reinforcement slip in the anchorage [...] Read more.
This paper presents and discusses the procedures adopted for repairing and strengthening a damaged reinforced concrete corbel of an industrial biomass boiler. The reinforced concrete corbel was subjected to concrete spalling, favoring the risk of the main tie reinforcement slip in the anchorage zone. The proposed solution involved a local repair with a polymeric mortar and subsequent strengthening using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets, attending the requirements imposed by the in site conditions and the design plans. The intervention allowed the confinement of the concrete zone subjected to spalling and provided additional safety for the main tie reinforcement of the corbel. The applied technique was demonstrated to be fast, reliable, practical, and cheaper than other available solutions, such as section enlargements with concrete jacketing. Full article
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Axial Compressive Stress-Strain Model Developed for FRP-Confined Concrete Columns with Elliptical Cross Sections
by Haytham F. Isleem and Zhenyu Wang
J. Compos. Sci. 2018, 2(4), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs2040067 - 27 Nov 2018
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Most existing studies conducted on fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-confined concrete have considered circular and square concrete columns, while limited studies have considered columns with rectangular sections. Studies have confirmed that the circular cross-sections exhibited higher confinement effectiveness, whereas in the case of non-circular cross-sections [...] Read more.
Most existing studies conducted on fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-confined concrete have considered circular and square concrete columns, while limited studies have considered columns with rectangular sections. Studies have confirmed that the circular cross-sections exhibited higher confinement effectiveness, whereas in the case of non-circular cross-sections the efficiency of FRP confinement decreases with an increase of the sectional aspect ratio and there is no significant increase, particularly for columns with the aspect ratio of 2.0. As recently suggested by researchers, to significantly increase the effectiveness of FRP-confinement for these columns involves changing a rectangular section into an elliptical or oval section. According to the literature, most of the existing confinement models for FRP-confined concrete under axial compression have been proposed for columns with circular and rectangular cross-sections. However, modeling of the axial strength and strain of concrete confined with FRP in elliptical cross-sections under compression is limited. Therefore, this paper provides new expressions based on limited experimental data available in the literature. For a sufficient amount of FRP-confinement, the threshold value was proposed to be 0.02. Finally, the accuracy of the proposed model was verified by comparing its predictions with the same test database, together with those from the existing models. Full article
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