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Effects of Hybrid Water Immersion, Environmental Exposures, and Axial Load on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete Filled Epoxy-Based Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes
Construction and Building Materials
  • Song Wang
  • Mohamed ElGawady, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The increasing need of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) in civil engineering applications gradually aroused serious concern of the long-term durability of this novel construction material. This study investigated the durability of concrete-filled FRP tube (CFFT) stubs, one of the recent applications of FRP composites for reinforcing concrete members, subjected to the combined freeze/thaw, heating/cooling, and wet/dry cycles with additional sustained axial load and continuous water immersion conditions. Mechanical and material characterization tests were conducted on the conditioned specimens to evaluate the degradation of mechanical properties and changes of physical, chemical and thermal properties. Test results showed that more degradation occurred on both strength and strain capacities of the CFFTs for wet environmental conditioning compared to the dry environmental conditioning. The sustained load further deteriorated the CFFTs in both strengths and strains slightly.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Concrete-filled fiber reinforced polymer tube (CFFT),
  • Continuous water immersion,
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP),
  • Freeze-thaw,
  • High temperature,
  • Sustained axial load,
  • Wet-dry
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Publication Date
01 Jan 2019
Citation Information
Song Wang and Mohamed ElGawady. "Effects of Hybrid Water Immersion, Environmental Exposures, and Axial Load on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete Filled Epoxy-Based Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes" Construction and Building Materials Vol. 194 (2019) p. 311 - 321 ISSN: 0950-0618
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mohamed-elgawady/56/