Prediction of the IC debonding failure of FRP-strengthened RC beams based on the cohesive zone model

• Autor(a) principal: Zhang,Jingchun
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Guo,Rong, Li,Shengyue, Zhao,Shaowei
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Latin American journal of solids and structures (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252020000600509
• topic: IC debonding; Cohesive zone model; Fiber-reinforced polymer; Strengthening; Reinforced concrete beam

Abstract Intermediate crack (IC) debonding failure is one of the common bending failure forms of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams. In this paper, a new prediction model for IC debonding in FRP-strengthened RC beams is proposed based on fracture mechanics and cohesive zone model (CZM), which takes into account the coupling effect of many parameters and has the advantages of high precision and simple expression. The nonlinear behavior of FRP-strengthened RC beams and the influence of flexural cracks are reasonably considered in this model, whereas all existing analytical models based on the CZM neglect this effects. To verify the accuracy of this model, we established a database containing 248 test data from the existing literature. By comparing the differences between the predicted and experimental results, we analyzed the causes of the error and established a semiempirical model. To test the reliability of the model, it is evaluated using the database constructed in this paper together with four representative strength models. The results show that the semiempirical model has a high accuracy.